Sadiq Khan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

January 1, 2023 admin 2016, Parliamentary Question, Sadiq Khan

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Sadiq Khan on 2016-02-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children under the age of 16 were treated in adult psychiatric wards in (a) England, (b) London, (c) each London borough and (d) each London health trust in each year since 2010.

Alistair Burt

Whilst we do not have figures for how many young people were treated in adult mental health wards, the data below shows the number under the age of 16 who were admitted to adult mental health wards. These figures may therefore include children who have been admitted when their parents are treated, e.g. a mother for a perinatal mental health condition.

Provider code	Description	2010/11	2011/12	2012/13	2013/14	2014/15
	England	97	47	23	43	75
	London	5	10	*	*	*
RRP	Barnet Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust	*	10	*	*	*
TAF	Camden and Islington NHS Foundation Trust	*	*	*	*	*
RV3	Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust	*	*	*	*	*
RWK	East London NHS Foundation Trust	*	*	*	*	*
RAT	North East London NHS Foundation Trust	*	*	*	*	*
RPG	Oxleas NHS Foundation Trust	*	*	*	*	*
RV5	South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust	*	*	*	*	*
RQY	South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust	*	*	*	*	*
RNK	Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust	*	*	*	*	*
RKL	West London Mental Health NHS Trust	*	*	*	*	*

At subnational level, data is always rounded to the nearest five out of respect for the privacy of the individuals concerned. For the same reason, we do not release exact figures where these are less than five.

This means that since 2012/13 there have never been five or more young people under 16 admitted to adult mental health wards in London in any given year. This reflects the fact that following increased government investment there are now more inpatient beds (‘Tier 4’) in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services than ever before.

These figures are published in the annual Mental Health Bulletin, which can be found at:

http://www.hscic.gov.uk/mhldsreports

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