Mental Health Inpatient Census
Annual publication of data collected in the Inpatient Census: covering patients in mental health, addiction and learning disability beds who are funded by NHS Scotland at a point in time, together with patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care (HBCCC).
Introduction
The 2022 Mental Health Inpatient Census was carried out as at 23:59 on the 11 April 2022 by NHS Boards across Scotland. The census has three parts:
- part 1: Mental Health and Learning Disability Inpatient Bed Census
- part 2: Out of NHS Scotland Placements
- part 3: Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care and Long Stay
Parts 1 and 2 were carried out for the first time in October 2014, and repeated again each March from 2016 to present. In March 2016, the census was expanded to include a section on patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care (HBCCC) and Long Stay patients. The census was paused in 2020 and 2021 due to COVID-19.
Part 1 of the Mental Health Inpatient Census 2022
We have discovered that a small number of health boards provided incomplete data for this census. We are now investigating if this issue occurred in previous years’ data collections and publications.
We expect the impact of the missing data to be small at the national reporting level. We will assess the extent of the issue for current and previous years’ reports.We will publish a revised report once we have a clear idea of the re-analysis needed and how long it will take.
This may also result in some revisions to Part 3: Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care and Long Stay census.
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Other health and social care publications
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Contact
Enquiries relating to the Inpatient Census should be sent to: HSCAnalysishub@gov.scot
All other enquiries should be directed to the Scottish Government’s central enquiry unit:
Email: ceu@gov.scot
Tel: 0300 244 4000
Text Relay Service: 18001+ 0300 244 4000 (service for the hard of hearing)
Scottish Government
St. Andrew's House
Regent Road
Edinburgh
EH1 3DG
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