§ Dr. Lynne JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information he collates about the number of patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 who go absent without leave from psychiatric hospitals. [38437]
§ Dr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many psychiatric patients were admitted(a) compulsorily and (b) voluntarily to (i) NHS and (ii) private hospitals in each of the last five years. [38438]
§ Mr. BowisThe information available is set out in the tables. Information is not available centrally on admissions to private hospitals.
Formal admissions to national health service facilities of patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation1 England Year Numbers2 1990–91 18,500 1991–92 21,100 1992–93 22,100 1993–943 24,000 1994–95 26,300 Source:
KH15.
Special Hospitals Service Authority.
Notes:
1 Figures refer to the financial year.
2 Figures rounded to the nearest hundred.
3 Admission figures includes estimated data from East Anglian regional health authority.
Mental Illness: All admissions, including formaI admissions to NHS hospitals1 England Year Numbers2 1990–91 185,500 1991–92 192,500 1992–93 212,800 1993–94 224,200 1994–953 214,000 Source:
Hospital Episode Statistics.
Notes:
1 Figures refer to the financial year.
2 Figures rounded to the nearest hundred.
3 Provisional figures.
§ Dr. JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by health authority the number of short and long-stay beds in(a) NHS local psychiatric hospitals and units and (b) water tower mental hospitals in England, between 1982 and 1995. [38436]
§ Mr. BowisInformation is not available centrally in the form requested. The number of short-stay and long-stay mental illness beds is contained in "Bed availability for England", copies of which are available in the Library.