Admission of Patients to Mental Health Facilities, 2009-10

Statistics include data up to 31 March 2010. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 29 June 2010.

Changes to the KP90 data collection form and guidance were made for 2008-09 to take into account changes to the Mental Health Act 1983 made by the Mental Health Act 2007. These changes may affect comparisons with data for previous years.

The key points from the latest release are:

Admissions

• In 2009-10 there were 11,356 admissions (excluding place of safety detentions) to mental health facilities in Wales, up from 11,101 in 2008-09.
• 99 per cent of the admissions in 2009-10 were to NHS facilities in Wales, with the remainder admitted to independent hospitals.

Formal admissions under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation

• 1,452 were admitted in 2009-10 under the Mental Health Act 1983 (excluding place of safety detentions) and other legislation compared with 1,673 in 2008-09.
• 93 per cent of formal admissions (excluding place of safety detentions) were detained without the involvement of criminal courts (Part II) with two thirds of these (66 per cent) being admitted for assessment, with or without treatment (Section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983).

Supervised community treatment

• In 2009-10 there were 263 patients subject to supervised community treatment (SCT), including 2 for whom an independent hospital was responsible. Of this total, 158 were male and 105 were female.
• Of those patients subject to SCT, there were 106 recalls to hospital, 64 revocations and 52 discharges in 2009-10.

Further information

StatsWales website.

Contact

Tel: 029 2082 5016
E-mail: stats.healthinfo@wales.gsi.gov.uk

Next update

October 2011 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)