Friday 02 May 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8517
Date Request Received: 17/03/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 07/04/2025 00:00:00
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Request Summary: People with mental ill health at A+E
Request Category: Health
| Question Number 1: Under the Freedom of Information Act, I would like to request the following information: How many patients presented at your largest A&E department with mental ill health as the primary issue each year between and including 2019 to 2025? Please include data up to the end of February 2025. | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to Q1-3 in the Excel spreadsheet attached. Please note that we are not able to fully answer Q2 but we have answered this based on contact with any ED Clinician. We are unable to determine which of these staff members may be Mental Health practitioners. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  12843 - FOI_8517 - People with mental ill health at A+E.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: How many of these patients were assessed within one hour by a mental health practitioner? Please provide year by year data between and including 2019 to 2025, and include data up to the end of February 2025. | |
| Answer To Question 2: Please see attached spreadsheet | |
| Question Number 3: How many patients identified in question 1 waited more than 12 hours for a bed in a mental health unit after a decision to admit? Please provide year by year data between and including 2019 to 2025, and include data up to the end of February 2025. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Please see attached spreadsheet | |
| Question Number 4: How many incidents of physical violence carried out towards staff by patients were reported each year between and including 2019 to 2025 in your largest A+E department? Please include data up to the end of February 2025. | |
| Answer To Question 4: 2019 - 14 2020 - 12 2021 - 13 2022 - 18 2023 - 18 2024 - 23 2025 (up to 28/02/25) - 4 | |
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