§ Lord Marlesfordasked 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.
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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
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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.