Patients Travelling for Treatment

Reference: 24-25445

Date response sent: 17/01/2025

Details of enquiry

For the last five years (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024), could you please provide me with the following information:

1. How many patients did you treat who were from out of the area?
2. How many patients did you have to deny treatment and send to another mental health trust because of a lack of capacity or for any other reason?
3. How many beds did you have for your mental health patients?
4. How many patients did you place in accommodation outside of the hospital e.g. bed and breakfasts or hotels as you had run out of beds?
5. How many patients were ready to be discharged but were kept in hospital as they had no suitable accommodation or care package?

Response sent

Explanatory Note about our Trust:

The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a small specialist mental health Trust, with a focus on training and education, and is not a hospital and does not provide inpatient services.

The Trust provides some local therapy and children’s services for Camden and other London boroughs;  additionally we provide some nationally commissioned services.

1. How many patients did you treat who were from out of the area?

The Trust does not have a particular local catchment area – see above explanatory note.

2. How many patients did you have to deny treatment and send to another mental health trust because of a lack of capacity or for any other reason?

Not applicable – see our response to Q1 above

3. How many beds did you have for your mental health patients?

Not applicable – we do not offer inpatient services – see above explanatory note.

4. How many patients did you place in accommodation outside of the hospital e.g. bed and breakfasts or hotels as you had run out of beds?

Not applicable.  See our response to Q3 above

5. How many patients were ready to be discharged but were kept in hospital as they had no suitable accommodation or care package?

Not applicable.  See above explanatory note