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Table 2 Designated bed uses and designated level of therapeutic security

From: The virtual institution: cross-sectional length of stay in general adult and forensic psychiatry beds

Designated bed use

N

Designated level of therapeutic security

Open

Low secure

Medium secure

High secure

Acute

570

570 (100)

0

0

0

Rehabilitation

137

137 (100)

0

0

0

Women’s

36

33 (92)

3 (8)

0

0

PICU

35

0

35 (100)

0

0

RMNH community

43

43 (100)

0

0

0

Long stay hospital

73

60 (82)

13 (18)

0

0

Eating disorder

13

13 (100)

0

0

0

Challenging behaviour

12

0

12 (100)

0

0

Drugs and alcohol/mother and baby

9

9 (100)

0

0

0

NHS medium secure

54

0

0

54 (100)

0

Independent sector medium secure

32

0

0

32 (100)

0

High secure

71

0

0

 

71 (100)

Total

1,085

865 (80)

63 (6)

86 (8)

71 (6)

  1. PICU psychiatric intensive care unit, RMNH registered mental nursing home (community unit), NHS National Health Service (public sector).