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Psychiatric Patients

Answer

The following table shows the information requested for inpatients discharged between January 2024 and December 2024 in England:

Age band	Discharges eligible for readmission	Readmissions within 30 days of discharge	Readmissions within 90 days of discharge	Proportion of discharges readmitted within 30 days	Proportion of discharges readmitted within 90 days
0-17	4,134	1,468	1,925	35.5%	46.6%
18-24	10,912	1,868	3,068	17.1%	28.1%
25-34	18,806	2,414	4,156	12.8%	22.1%
35-44	16,742	1,785	3,270	10.7%	19.5%
45-54	12,615	1,177	2,210	9.3%	17.5%
55-64	10,286	910	1,704	8.8%	16.6%
65+	13,273	761	1,417	5.7%	10.7%
Missing/Invalid records	2	0	0	0.0%	0.0%
Total	86,770	10,383	17,750	12.0%	20.5%

Source: Mental Health Services Dataset, NHS England

Notes:

1. The age band is calculated based on the patient's age at the time of the previous discharge.

2. The number of discharges eligible for readmission covers all discharges from hospital in the reporting period that meet the following criteria:
   1. Method of discharge from hospital was NOT the patient dying, discharging themselves, or being discharged by a relative or advocate.
   2. Destination of discharge from hospital was NOT a high security of psychiatric hospital or accommodation, a medium secure unit, or an Independent Sector Healthcare Provider run hospital.

3. The number or readmissions within 30 or 90 days of discharge covers all next earliest admissions to hospital following a patient's eligible discharge. Number of days is calculated using the start date of the new admission and the discharge date of the previous discharge.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

72617

Session

2024-26

Subjects

Admissions Discharges Psychiatric patients

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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