Written question asked by James McMurdock (Independent (affiliation)) on Tuesday, 18 November 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 November 2025. It was answered by Zubir Ahmed (Labour) on Wednesday, 3 December 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.
Psychiatric Patients: Children
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of readmission rates among mental health inpatients aged 0-17.
- Answer
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The following table shows the number of readmissions and the percentage of all admissions that were readmissions for children and young people’s mental health inpatient services, for 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and from April to August of 2025/26:
Year
2022/23
2023/24
2024/25
2025/26
Number of readmissions
197
196
157
83
Percentage of admissions that were readmissions
7.9%
8.7%
7.5%
9.3%
Source: Mental Health Services Dataset, NHS England.
A readmission is any admission which takes place within 90 days of a previous discharge, for the same patient.
Secondary information
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- 92361
- Session
- 2024-26
- Subjects
- Admissions Discharges Hospitals Psychiatric patients
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- Yes
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