All formal admissions to NHS facilities (including high security psychiatric hospitals) of patients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 and other legislation, by legal status, 1995-96 to 2005-06. Includes changes in legal status from informal to formal of patients while in hospital—England
Number of admissions
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04( R)
2004-05
2005-06
Total formal admissions(l)
40,965
39,943
42,578
45,063
44,731
44,765
44,652
43,558
42,623
43,296
43,942
From informal to formal— total
16,326
17,116
18,128
19,413
19,444
19,539
20,112
18,458
17,818
18,173
18,202
informal to 5(2)
8,927
9,238
9,701
10,244
10,091
10,081
10,254
9,534
8,894
8,232
7,637
informal to 5(4)
1,315
1,505
1,616
1,706
1,773
1,932
1,948
1,909
1,779
1,839
1,673
informal to 2
2,429
2,266
2,344
2,483
2,655
2,628
2,525
2,299
2,481
3,003
3,425
informal to 3
3,655
4,107
4,467
4,980
4,925
4,898
5,385
4,716
4,664
5,099
5,467
Formal admissions into hospital (excl. place of safety detentions)
24,639
22,827
24,450
25,650
25,287
25,226
24,540
25,100
24,805
25,123
25,740
Under Mental Health Act 1983: Part II patients—total
22,570
21,045
22,659
23,980
23,807
23,890
23,211
23,812
23,468
23,834
24,317
2
12,292
11,084
12,225
13,200
12,940
13,152
13,027
13,623
13,650
14,327
14,683
3
8,915
8,479
8,854
9,091
9,030
8,955
8,149
8,386
8,235
8,236
8,435
4
1,363
1,482
1,580
1,689
1,837
1,783
2,035
1,803
1,583
1,271
1,199
Court and prison disposals—total
1,836
1,751
1,762
1,655
1,468
1,293
1,279
1,254
1,322
1,259
1,362
35
271
261
262
253
191
134
126
141
130
103
116
36
21
31
24
21
18
15
21
21
11
9
16
37(4)(2)
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
37 (with S41 restrictions)
287
255
241
253
243
211
191
177
189
190
230
37 (without S41 restrictions)
504
447
391
376
338
310
264
286
257
250
229
45A
—
—
—
—
2
—
1
3
2
—
1
47 (with S49 restrictions)
211
203
209
219
190
176
173
182
204
228
242
47 (without S49 restrictions)
29
22
31
11
17
21
36
32
51
51
47
48 (with S49 restrictions)
341
333
403
374
320
262
313
266
276
282
328
48 (without S49 restrictions)
51
41
26
24
21
14
13
13
25
8
14
Other sections—38, 44, 46
121
158
175
124
128
150
141
133
177
138
139
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Previous legislation (Fifth Schedule) and other Acts
233
31
29
15
12
43
50
34
15
30
61
(1) From 1995-96, transfers between providers without a change in legal status are not included. Changes from informal to formal status while in hospital area also included. (2) From 1995-96, these admissions are counted under the appropriate section at the point when the patient was formally admitted to hospital. (R) Revised from bulletin published in December 2004. Source:
KH15, KO37and KP90
