HL Deb 19 January 2005 vol 668 cc112-4WA
Lord Marlesford

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many places in private psychiatric hospitals are currently used by the Government, broken down into categories of secure, medium secure, low secure and open respectively and showing the current average weekly cost of a place in each category, and the overall average weekly cost of each place.[HL.694]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Warner)

Information on the number of places in private psychiatric hospitals commissioned by the National Health Service is not collected centrally.

Information on the numbers of occupied bed days incurred by subcontracting activity to, or directly commissioning activity from, non-NHS providers is shown in the tables. The tables also contain information on the national average cost per occupied bed day and a calculated national average cost per week (seven days) for all categories that were reported for mental health inpatient services.

National Schedule of Reference Costs—Non-NHS Providers: Contracted and Commissioned Combined Mental Health Services Data
Service Code Mental Health Services: Inpatient Data Number of Occupied Bed days National Average Unit cost per OBD £ Calculated National Average Unit cost per week £
MHIPC1 Children 6,248 486 3,401
Adult
MHIPA1 -Intensive Care 12,686 470 3,289
MHIPA2 -Acute Care 84,379 258 1,809
MHIPA3 -Rehabilitation 41,014 185 1,293
MHIPE1 Elderly 18,578 149 1,044

Service Code Mental Health Services: Secure Unit Data Number of Occupied Bed days National Average Unit Cost £ Calculated National Average Unit Cost per Week £
ScUl Local Psychiatric Intensive Care Units 261 659 4,610
ScU2 Low Level Secure Services 20,726 399 2,791
ScU3 Medium Level Secure Services: 19,442 420 2,943
ScU41 High Dependancy Secure Provision: Women's Services 686 632 4,424
ScU42 High Dependency Secure Provision: Mental Health/Psychosis 427 784 5,486
ScU43 High Dependency Secure Provision: Learning Disabilities 7,346 391 2,734

Service Code Mental Health Services: Specialist Services Inpatient Data Number of Occupied Bed Days National Average Unit Cost £ Calculated National Average Unit Cost per Week £
MHIPAS Autistic Spectrum Disorder 876 431 3,018
MHIPEDA Eating Disorder Services: Adults 3,755 374 2,616

Service Code Mental Health Services: Specialist Services Inpatient Data Number of Occupied Bed Days National Average Unit Cost £ Calculated National Average Unit Cost per Week £
MHIPEDC Eating Disorder Services: Children 1,636 530 3,709
MHIPMB Mother and Baby Units 554 457 3,197

Notes:

1. The data source is Reference Costs 2003 which is based on data for the financial year 2002–03. Data for 2003–04 are not yet available.

2. The data are based on submissions from NHS trusts and primary care trusts in England.

3. The data refer to non-NHS providers, rather than private providers.

4. Tables include all the categories that were reported for mental health inpatient services.