Public Expenditure on Health and Personal Social Services 2009 - Health Committee Contents


5.  ACTIVITY AND PERFORMANCE

5.1.17  Could the Department provide the number of NHS mental health inpatient episodes in each year from 1994-95? How many estimated discharges of mental health patients have there been from NHS facilities from 1994-95, and what has been the duration of stay, age of patient and destination following discharge? (Q56)

Answer

  1.  The information requested is given in table 56.

Table 56

NUMBER OF FINISHED IN-YEAR ADMISSION EPISODES TO NHS HOSPITALS UNDER MENTAL HEALTH MAIN SPECIALTIES, AND ACTIVITY PERFORMED IN THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR IN ENGLAND COMMISSIONED BY ENGLISH NHS


  
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998--99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08

Finished In-year admissions episodes
179,556
187,006
179,075
177,285
177,322
176,950
168,274
164,666
161,562
150,396
142,027
127,511
120,482
115,024
Number of Discharge Episodes by NHS Hospitals by duration of stay for Mental Health Main Specialties (Main Specialty = 710-715), and activity performed in the Independent sector in England commissioned by English NHS, 1994-95 to 2007-08.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Count of Discharge episodes by duration of stay
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
Less than 1 week
43,239
44,952
45,589
43,862
45,106
44,214
41,616
41,196
42,120
38,460
37,069
31,914
30,417
30,468
1 week-under 1 month
85,997
91,039
88,368
85,246
83,097
79,814
73,708
70,521
70,551
66,049
62,101
52,514
49,329
46,397
1 month-under 3 months
47,922
50,415
49,872
50,453
49,203
48,992
47,267
46,738
46,306
44,289
42,072
36,774
35,604
32,226
3 months-under 1 year
16,040
17,478
18,529
19,519
20,011
19,609
20,309
20,835
20,583
20,726
21,177
19,107
19,450
16,728
1 year-under 2 years
1,532
1,892
1,756
1,910
1,960
1,889
2,309
1,867
2,206
2,168
2,182
2,104
2,794
1,824
2 years-under 5 years
1,196
1,476
1,347
1,126
1,270
1,220
1,531
1,039
1,055
1,254
1,416
1,279
1,301
988
5 years-under 10 years
494
549
462
405
453
414
505
353
339
408
307
229
379
329
Over 10 years
539
591
309
262
226
149
153
163
117
115
143
123
104
79
Not known
68
1,705
38
1,273
810
169
110
26
881
372
243
219
598
27
Total
197,027
210,097
206,270
204,056
202,136
196,470
187,508
182,738
184,158
173,841
166,710
144,263
139,976
129,066
Number of Discharge Episodes by NHS Hospitals by age at end of episode for Mental Health Main Specialties (Main Specialty = 710-715), and activity performed in the Independent sector in England commissioned by English NHS, 1994-95 to 2007-08.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
Count of Discharge episodes by age at end of
episodes
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
Less than 1 year
56
101
89
85
79
50
22
43
38
35
19
15
12
9
1-4 Years
2,385
1,141
1,495
971
874
918
910
1,166
1,162
1,532
1,339
1,309
1,566
1,433
15-64 Years
123,498
131,869
132,505
137,125
136,602
132,005
128,912
126,614
128,098
122,161
118,158
101,411
98,418
93,809
65-120 Years
70,940
74,900
70,398
65,214
64,321
63,387
57,297
54,137
53,743
49,737
47,009
41,346
37,557
33,747
Age Not Known
148
2,086
1,783
661
260
110
367
778
1,117
376
185
182
2,423
68
Total
197,027
210,097
206,270
204,056
202,136
196,470
187,508
182,738
184,158
173,841
166,710
144,263
139,976
129,066


Table 56 (cont'd)

NUMBER OF FINISHED IN-YEAR ADMISSION EPISODES TO NHS HOSPITALS UNDER MENTAL HEALTH MAIN SPECIALTIES, AND ACTIVITY PERFORMED IN THE INDEPENDENT SECTOR IN ENGLAND COMMISSIONED BY ENGLISH NHS


Number of Discharge episodes grouped by destination following discharge (based on updated discharge destination group definitions) under Mental Health Main Specialties, and activity performed in the Independent sector in England commissioned by English NHS, 1994-95 to 2007-08.

Count of Discharge episodes by destination
following discharge
1994-95
1995-96
1996-97
1997-98
1998-99
1999-2000
2000-01
2001-02
2002-03
2003-04
2004-05
2005-06
2006-07
2007-08
19 Usual Residence
161,333
168,500
168,332
166,757
164,301
159,081
150,488
146,257
145,336
136,694
132,004
111,834
105,911
100,000
29 Temporary residence
5,511
6,323
6,305
6,183
5,831
6,628
5,855
5,702
5,545
5,562
5,401
4,853
4,968
5,047
65, 66, 69 LA Residential Home
3,637
2,541
2,727
2,114
1,830
1,934
1,597
1,726
1,473
1,126
1,284
1,241
1,451
1,734
84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89 Non-NHS Institution
7,400
5,649
7,395
8,261
8,139
8,259
8,001
8,193
8,250
7,760
7,055
6,411
6,351
5,746
49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54 Other NHS Provider
13,422
14,243
15,365
14,975
15,835
14,897
16,374
16,507
16,931
16,000
16,552
14,293
13,339
12,842
Other (All remaining codes)
5,724
12,841
6,146
5,766
6,200
5,671
5,193
4,353
6,623
6,699
4,414
5,631
7,956
3,697
Total
197,027
210,097
206,270
204,056
202,136
196,470
187,508
182,738
184,158
173,841
166,710
144,263
139,976
129,066

Source:
The NHS Information Centre for Health and Social Care (Hospital Episode Statistics)

Footnotes:
1.  Specialty—Care is needed when analysing HES data by specialty, or by groups of specialties (such as Acute). Trusts have different ways of managing specialties and attributing codes so it is better to analyse by specific diagnoses, operations or other recorded information. See below for mental health specialities.
2.  Mental Health Specialties:
    710 Adult Mental Illness
    711 Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
    712 Forensic Psychiatry
    713 Psychotherapy
    715 Old Age Psychiatry
3.  Discharge destination groups include the following destination on discharge values:
    19: Usual residence:
    29: Temporary residence
    65-69: LA care
    84-89: Non NHS institution
    49-54: Other NHS provider
    Other: All other destination on discharge values including null
4.  HES Data Dictionary destination on discharge values.





 
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