Admission of Patients to Mental Health Facilities, 2010-11

Statistics include data up to 31 March 2011. The latest release updates the statistics previously released on 23 November 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.

Admissions

• In 2010-11 there were 11,198 admissions (excluding place of safety detentions) to mental health facilities in Wales, down from 11,356 in 2009-10.
• 98 per cent of the admissions in 2010-11 were to NHS facilities in Wales, with the remainder admitted to independent hospitals.

Formal admissions under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation

• 1,717 were admitted in 2010-11 under the Mental Health Act 1983 (excluding place of safety detentions) and other legislation compared with 1,452 in 2009-10.
• 92 per cent of formal admissions (excluding place of safety detentions) were detained without the involvement of criminal courts (Part II) with around two thirds of these (65 per cent) being admitted for assessment, with or without treatment (Section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983).

Supervised community treatment

• In 2010-11 there were 233 patients subject to supervised community treatment (SCT), including 11 for whom an independent hospital was responsible. Of this total, 148 were male and 85 were female.
• Of those patients subject to SCT, there were 87 recalls to hospital, 74 revocations and 78 discharges in 2010-11.

Further information

StatsWales website

Contact

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

Next update

October 2012 (provisional - to be confirmed on 'Due out Soon' page)