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Discharges, DNAs, Personality Disorder Diagnoses
Reference: 24-25108
Date response sent: 24/06/2024
Details of enquiry
- The number of patients discharged from mental health services each tax year for the last five years.
- The number of these patients discharged for not attending appointments or engaging with treatments.
- The number of these patients diagnosed with personality disorders (Groups A, B and C).
Response sent
- The number of patients discharged from mental health services each tax year for the last five years.
| Mental Health Services | |
| Financial Year | No. of Patients Discharged |
| 2019/20 | 3,874 |
| 2020/21 | 3,578 |
| 2021/22 | 4,154 |
| 2022/23 | 3,183 |
| 2023/24 | 4,136 |
- The number of these patients discharged for not attending appointments or engaging with treatments.
| Mental Health Services | |
| Financial Year | Discharged Patients who DNA’d/ and or didn’t engage with treatment |
| 2019/20 | 740 |
| 2020/21 | 565 |
| 2021/22 | 604 |
| 2022/23 | 479 |
| 2023/24 | 644 |
- The number of these patients diagnosed with personality disorders (Groups A, B and C).
We do not provide Personality Disorder Assessments, as we employ a psychodynamic formulative assessment/treatment approach, rather than a psychiatric diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.