Friday 22 August 2025
Internal Reference Number: FOI_8766
Date Request Received: 11/07/2025 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 25/07/2025 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: Mental Health Patients
Request Category: Companies
| Question Number 1: I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000. Please provide data for the period Jan 2025 to June 2025 (last six months), broken down by calendar month where applicable The following request: Emergency Department Bed delays for Adult Mental Health Patients (18-65yrs) · The number of patients per month within the ED who have been deemed medically fit but awaiting a mental health bed for · Greater than 24hrs · Greater than 48hrs · Greater than 72hrs | |
| Answer To Question 1: Unable to provide as this is not recorded digitally. | |
| Question Number 2: Acute Ward bed delays for Adult Mental Health patients (18-65yrs) · The number of patients within Medical/ Surgical/ Obstetric Wards (including those who have been bedded within temporary areas such as daycare, SDEC etc) who have been deemed medically fit but are awaiting a mental health bed for · Greater than 24hrs · Greater than 48hrs · Greater than 72hrs · Over 1 week · Over 1 month | |
| Answer To Question 2: 0 results for all months and categories | |
| Question Number 3: Emergency Department Bed delays for Older Persons Mental Health Patients (65yrs+) · The number of patients within the ED who have been deemed medically fit but awaiting a mental health bed for · Greater than 24hrs · Greater than 48hrs · Greater than 72hrs | |
| Answer To Question 3: Unable to provide as this is not recorded digitally. | |
| Question Number 4: Acute Ward bed delays for Older Persons Mental Health patients (65yrs+) · The number of patients within Medical/ Surgical/ Older Persons Wards (including those who have been bedded within temporary areas such as daycare, SDEC etc) who have been deemed medically fit but are awaiting a mental health bed for · Greater than 24hrs · Greater than 48hrs · Greater than 72hrs · Over 1 week · Over 1 month | |
| Answer To Question 4: 0 results for all months and categories except: February 2025: Over 1 week - <= 5 patients | |
| Question Number 5: Amount of enhanced 1:1 or 2:1 supervision Please provide the number of patients / hours per month who required 1:1 / 2:1 supervision where this has not been provided by the local Mental Health trust (ie: the cost has been incurred by your Trust) | |
| Answer To Question 5: Please see below number of hours requested to bank for 1:1 specials. January – 4963 February – 6487.5 March – 5428 April – 3021 May – 2389 June – 2076.5 | |
| Question Number 6: No of beds Commissioned by your Trust for Mental Health patients Number of patients in the six month period in which your Trust has commissioned a private bed for a mental health patient due to delays in accessing a Mental Health Bed | |
| Answer To Question 6: Salisbury Trust has not commissioned a private bed for any Mental Health patients. | |
| Question Number 7: Capital Investment. Do you have any plans to create a Mental Health Emergency Department (MHED) within your Trust (as outlined within the recent NHS 10 year plan Plan- extract below) We will increase capacity for urgent mental health care by developing dedicated mental health emergency departments (MHEDs), ensuring patients get fast, same-day access to specialist support in an appropriate setting. Over the course of the first half of this Plan, we will invest up to £120 million to bring the number of MHEDs to around 85, meaning there will be one co-located (or very close to) 50% of existing type 1 A&E units | |
| Answer To Question 7: The Trust does not currently any plans to create a Mental Health Emergency Department ( MHED) within the Trust. | |
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