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Table 4 Designated bed uses and designated general or forensic management, and legal category

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

 

n

Management commissioning

Legal category Mental Health Act

General

Forensic

Informal

Civil MHA

Forensic unrestricted

Forensic restricted

Acute

570

570 (100)

0

346 (60)

214 (38)

9 (2)

0

Rehabilitation

137

137 (100)

0

110 (80)

26 (19)

0

1 (1)

Women’s

36

33 (92)

3 (8)

24 (66)

10 (28)

1 (3)

1 (3)

PICU

35

35 (100)

0

12 (34)

19 (54)

3 (9)

1 (3)

RMNH community

43

30 (70)

13 (30)

29 (67)

1 (2)

4 (9)

9 (21)

Long stay hospital

73

60 (82)

13 (18)

48 (66)

19 (26)

2 (3)

4 (5)

Eating disorder

13

13 (100)

0

12 (92)

1 (8)

0

0

Challenging behaviour

12

12 (100)

0

12 (100)

0

0

0

Drugs and alcohol/mother and baby

9

9 (100)

0

9 (100)

0

0

0

NHS medium secure

54

1 (2)

53 (98)

0

9 (17)

5 (9)

40 (74)

Independent medium secure

32

0

32 (100)

0

18 (56)

3 (9)

11 (34)

High secure

71

0

71 (100)

0

7 (10)

7 (10)

57 (80)

Total

1,085

900 (83)

185 (17)

602 (55)

324 (30)

34 (3)

124 (11)

  1. Designated bed uses, commissioning (general or forensic) and legal status.
  2. PICU psychiatric intensive care unit, RMNH registered mental nursing home (community unit), NHS National Health Service (public sector).