HC Deb 07 January 2003 vol 397 cc188-9W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list(a) the number and (b) the rate of emergency psychiatric readmissions in each of the last five years. [88806]

Jacqui Smith

The number and rate of emergency psychiatric re-admissions in each of the last five years are shown in the following table.

Department of Health in February 2001. It comprises best practice benchmarks to be used as a tool to help improve the quality of care provided, and includes a standard concerned with assisting patients to eat and drink.

Data on the number of National Health Service complaints made each year is set out in the Department of Health publication 'Handling complaints: monitoring the NHS complaints procedures.' Due to the diverse range of issues for which complaints may be made under the NHS complaints procedures, it is not possible to provide information on the number of complaints requested.