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Number of people held under the Mental Health Act rises by 5%

Andre Tomlin

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.

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André Tomlin is an Information Scientist with 20 years experience working in evidence-based healthcare. He's worked in the NHS, for Oxford University and since 2002 as Managing Director of Minervation Ltd, a consultancy company who do clever digital stuff for charities, universities and the public sector. Most recently André has been the driving force behind the Mental Elf and the National Elf Service; an innovative digital platform that helps professionals keep up to date with simple, clear and engaging summaries of evidence-based research. André is a Trustee at the Centre for Mental Health and an Honorary Research Fellow at University College London Division of Psychiatry. He lives in Bristol, surrounded by dogs, elflings and lots of woodland!

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  • Ian

    Ian

    14 years ago
    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.
  • Ian

    Ian

    14 years ago
    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!