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Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients

Commons · Question 27648 · Tabled 30 Jan 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Jerome Mayhew

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many patients were (a) held informally under the Mental Health Act 1983 and (b) otherwise detained in assessment and treatment units in December (i) 2024, (ii) 2023, (iii) 2022 and (iv) 2021.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Feb 2025

The Assuring Transformation data set records information about people with a learning disability and autistic people who are receiving treatment or care as inpatients in a mental health hospital. Patients in assessment and treatment units (ATUs) in Englan...