Mental Health Act: Hospital based Place of Safety orders increase whilst police station orders decrease

Mental Health Act: Hospital based Place of Safety orders increase whilst police station orders decrease  Latest figures on detentions under Section 136 of the Mental Health Act 1983 show that the reported number of Place of Safety Orders made where an individual was taken to a police station has decreased by 24 per cent, from 7,900 in 2012-13 to 6,000 in 2013-14. Health & Social Care Information Centre