New figures from the NHS Information Centre show that the number of people held in detention under the Mental Health Act at 31st March 2011 increased by 5%, from 19,947 in 2009/10 to 20,938 in 2010/11.
This is despite the number of formal admissions for treatment and new Community Treatment Orders having fallen since the previous reporting period.
The increase can be attributed to a 29% rise in people on Community Treatment Orders at 31st March as well as an increase of 0.2% in people detained in hospital.
Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983 and patients subject to supervised community treatment, Annual figures, England 2010/11. NHS Information Centre, 11 Oct 2011.
Hi, I wonder if you could fill these figs out please?
quote:”This is despite the number of formal admissions for treatment and new Community Treatment Orders having fallen since the previous reporting period”
yet below you state::
“The increase can be attributed to a 29% rise in people on Community Treatment Orders at 31st March as well as an increase of 0.2% in people detained in hospital.”
So have the numbers of CTOs risen or fallen, I can’t quite marry the two sentences up?
And, has the number of detentions increased, or are people being detained for longer?
Sorry if I seem a little thick, might be the medication!
Thanks Elf, Now I got it, I think.
I guess the increase in folk detained for treatment also mean anything? Not having the previous figures, is this just “within the range” of variation, year on year, I wonder.