Dear South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust,

Please provide me with the following detail per month for the period of January 2012 to the most recent month this year for which you have the data, preferably in Excel-compatile format, and in electronic format in any case:

(1) The list of NHS s136 suites, as defined in the the Mental Health Act (MHA), per borough covered by the trust.

(2) The list of NHS A&E departments, per borough covered by the trust.

(3) The breakdown, per s136 suite, of the number of days the s136 has been opened that month.

(4) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, of the number of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA brought to each of the trust's s136 suites and A&E departments.

(5) The number of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and admitted to hospital in the boroughs covered by the trust, following an MHA assessment.

(6) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by type of vehicle the individuals detained under s136 of the MHA were conveyed to that place of safety (i.e., ambulance, police vehicle, or other)

(7) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by gender of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety.

(8) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by age range of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety.

(9) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, by ethnicity of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety.

(10) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, of whether individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety were considered to be suffering from the effects of drink or drugs

(11) The breakdown, per s136 suite and A& department, of whether individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and conveyed to that place of safety were restrained

Yours faithfully,

David Mery

Dear Mss Lewis & Kazeem,

Thank you for your response. Can you please clarify what represents Table 2, and provide an answer to the unanswered question (4).

I.e., is Table 2, the 'number of total admissions to Places of Safety', the monthly numbers of individuals detained under MHA s136 brought to one of the Trust's 136 suite, or the monthly numbers of individuals brought to one of the Trust's 136 suite and admitted following their mental health assessment?

Question (4) 'The breakdown, per s136 suite [...], of the number of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA brought to each of the Trust's s136 suites [...].' is requesting the former.

Question (5) 'The number of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and admitted to hospital in the boroughs covered by the Trust following an MHA assessment.' is requesting the latter.

Yours sincerely,

David Mery

Dear Ms Lewis,

I'll try to explain my request for clarification differently, but if you still find it unclear it would help if you could be more specific about what it is you find unclear.

Question (4) requested the breakdown, per (a) s136 suite and (b) A&E department, of the number of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA brought to each of the Trust's (a) s136 suites and (b) A&E departments.

In the response, you answered only the (b) aspect of this question by explaining that 'No patients are detained under Section 136 are brought to the A&E departments.'

Please answer the (a) aspect of this question, i.e., provide the breakdown, per s136 suite, of the number of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA brought to each of the Trust's s136 suites.

Question (5) requests the number of individuals detained under s136 of the MHA and admitted to hospital in the boroughs covered by the Trust following an MHA assessment, while Table 2 provided in the response is captioned 'admissions to Places of Safety' so I am confused as to whether Table 2 answers question (4) or if the captions should be 'admissions to hospitals (following the MH assessment in the s136 suite)'.

Yours sincerely,

David Mery

Dear Ms Kazeem,

Many thanks for your clarification and additional data.

Yours sincerely,

David Mery