Wednesday 03 July 2024
Internal Reference Number: FOI_7914
Date Request Received: 30/04/2024 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 21/05/2024 00:00:00
This response was sent via: By Email
Request Summary: A&E and Mental Health
Request Category: Private Individuals
| Question Number 1: Please provide the number of patients who attended A&E primarily with mental health complaints (i.e. anxiety, depression, other mental health concerns) for each month in 2022 and 2023, and January, February and March 2024. If possible, please indicate how many of these patients were adults (18 or over) or children (under 18). | |
| Answer To Question 1: Please see our response to Questions 1-4 in the Excel spreadsheet attached. Please note there are no results for Q3. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below:  FOI_7914 - A&E Mental Health response Q1-4.xlsx | |
| Question Number 2: Of these patients, please provide the number who spent under 12 hours in A&E in total, between 12 and 24 hours in total, between 24 and 48 hours in total, between 48 and 72 hours in total, between 72 and 96 hours in total, and the number who spent longer than 96 hours in A&E. | |
| Answer To Question 2: See response to Q1 | |
| Question Number 3: For those who spent longer than 96 hours, please specify how long they spent in A&E. | |
| Answer To Question 3: Not applicable | |
| Question Number 4: Please indicate what proportion of people attending A&E with mental health complaints were ultimately admitted, transferred to another provider (please list the relevant providers), or sent home (please specify the proportion of these who were sent home with or without follow-up plans) | |
| Answer To Question 4: See response to Q1 | |
| Question Number 5: Please specify what plans the trust has in place to mitigate risks from rising numbers of patients attending A&E with mental health concerns. | |
| Answer To Question 5: This question would need to sent to AWP FOI team as these services are managed by them. Email as below. awp.freedomofinformation@nhs.net | |
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