Thursday, 1 December 2016

Latest figures on detentions under the Mental Health Act

Latest figures on detentions under the Mental Health Act New statistics have been published by NHS Digital1 today on the number of detentions under the Mental Health Act2 in England throughout 2015/16.

Inpatients Formally Detained in Hospitals Under the Mental Health Act 1983 and patients subject to Supervised Community Treatment is a detailed study based on information from organisations in England which provide Mental Health Services and make use of the Mental Health Act 1983 legislation, as amended by the Mental Health Act 2007.

These include high security psychiatric hospitals as well other NHS service providers and independent hospitals. NHS Digital

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