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Table 5 Designated bed uses by designated length of stay and Mental Health Act status

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

Designated uses

 

Mental Health Act status/legal category

Informal N (%)

Civil N (%)

Forensic unrestricted N (%)

Forensic restricted N (%)

Acute

659

403 (61)

243 (36)

12 (2)

1 (0.0)

Medium stay/rehabilitation

173

94 (54)

33 (19)

5 (3)

41 (24)

Longer stay

252

105 (42)

48 (19)

17 (7)

82 (33)

Total

1,084

602 (56)

324 (29)

34 (3)

124 (11)

  1. Note that ‘rehabilitation’ is here taken to mean a medium length of stay. Pearson X2 = 248.3, df = 6, p < 0.001.