§ Mr. CousinsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds were available for the treatment of all forms of acute mental illness but excluding beds involving learning disabilities, in each year since 1988–89; what was the number of finished consultant episodes in acute mental illnesses for the same years; and how many patients with acute mental illness were treated in those years. [4314]
§ Mr. BowisThe number of beds available for the treatment of acute mental illness in each year since 1988–89 is shown in the table.
Average daily number of available beds for acute mental illness for all ages England Year Number 1988–89 22,505 1989–90 22,754 1990–91 22,427 1991–92 22,159 1992–93 21,652 1993–94 21,447 1994–95 22,101 Notes:
- 1. Information held centrally on the number of National Health Service mental illness beds does not include the classification "acute". It does, however, differentiate between "long-stay" and "short-stay". "Acute mental illness" has therefore been interpreted as "short-stay" mental illness.
- 2. Date is collected by broad ward classification rather than by clinical specialty and returns are made on a financial year, ie April to March, basis.
Source:
Department of Health KH03 returns.
The number of finished consultant episodes in mental illness in each year since 1988– 89 is shown in the table.
Finished consultant episodes for mental illness—ordinary admissions and day cases combined: England Year Number (thousands) 1988–89 216.3 1989–90 215.9 1990–91 219.9 1991–92 221.3 1992–93 234.1 1993–94 237.3 1994–95 239.0 Notes:
- 1. Information held centrally on finished consultant episodes does not include the classification "acute mental illness". It does, however, include the classification "mental illness".
- 2. The definition of a "consultant episode" is the period that a patient spends under the continuous care of a specific consultant in a specific health care provider (which may be in more than one hospital within that health care provider). A hospital provider spell can comprise one or more consultant episodes. For example, a patient may be admitted under the care of a general physician and then be transferred to the care of a surgeon. This would count as two consultant episodes within a single hospital provider spell.
Source:
Department of Health KP70 returns.
Information of the number of patients is not available centrally.