§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the percentage of acutely mentally ill statutorily detained in each of the last five years, by region and in London.
§ Mr. BowisThe latest available information is shown in the table.
A change in the method of data collection following the Korner review in 1987 means that figures for years prior to 1987–88 are not directly comparable with later years.
Precise figures for London are not readily available, but an approximation can be made by amalgamating the four Thames regions.
Patients formally admitted to NHS facilities as a percentage of all admissions under the mental illness specialty, by regional health authority, 1987–88 to 1989–90 Year ending 31 March Regional Health Authority 1987–88 per cent. 1988–89 per cent. 1989–90 per cent. Northern 7 6 7 Yorkshire 6 7 8 Trent 8 10 11 East Anglia 7 9 10 North West Thames 18 12 15 North East Thames 10 9 l0 South East Thames 7 7 7 South West Thames 16 20 15 Wessex 8 7 6 Oxford 5 7 8 South Western 12 7 8 West Midlands 8 8 9 Mersey 7 8 8 North Western 7 8 8 Special Hospitals 8 8 9 Thames Regions 12 12 12 Note: The above figures are calculated using data from the Korner aggregate return KH 15 and the Hospital Episodes Statistics (HES) system. 1987–88 was the first year of collection. The figures for that year may therefore be less reliable than later years.