Mental health admissions

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Dear Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland),

How many patients requiring admission to a mental health facility in 2017 had to be placed out of the Belfast Trust in mental health beds in different Trust areas?.

Which hospitals did these patients go to?

What hospitals does Belfast Trust have acute mental health beds in, how many per hospital and how many in total.

How many were then brought back to Belfast Trust beds when beds became free?

I am sure it is necessary for patients to have good levels of family support on admission and for professionals to develop good relationships with family members in order to gain vital information. Does Belfast Trust facilitate patients visiting family members who may be placed in hospital in For example Omagh as Belfast have no beds?

Is the already very stretched ambulance service ever involved in returning these patients to the Belfast beds when they become free?.

Yours faithfully,

Siobhan Greer

Shaw, Cathy, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

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Hi Siobhan

Please see attached acknowledgement to your FOI Enquiry.

Many thanks.

Cathy Shaw
Communications Officer

Corporate Communication | Nore Villa | Knockbracken Healthcare Park | Saintfield Road | Belfast | BT8 8BH | Tel: (028) 9504 6609 | Email: [email address]

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Hanna, Arlene, Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland)

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Siobhan

Please find attached Trust response.

Regards

Corporate Communications

Corporate Communication | Nore Villa | Knockbracken Healthcare Park | Saintfield Road | Belfast | BT8 8BH | Tel: (028) 9504 6802 | Email: [Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (Northern Ireland) request email]

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