Number of patients detained and discharged
Dear Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust,
I am writing to request information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I would like to receive information relating to the number of patients detained and the number of patients discharged under various sections of the Mental Health Act from January 2018 to September 2020.
Please can you provide the following information:
1. The number of people detained under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act from 2018 to date. Please provide a monthly breakdown of these figures for the years 2018 and 2019, and a weekly breakdown for 2020.
2. The number of people discharged under Section 2 of the Mental Health Act from 2018 to date. Please provide a monthly breakdown of these figures for the years 2018 and 2019, and a weekly breakdown for 2020.
3. The number of people detained under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act from 2018 to date. Please provide a monthly breakdown of these figures for the years 2018 and 2019, and a weekly breakdown for 2020.
4. The number of people discharged under Section 3 of the Mental Health Act from 2018 to date. Please provide a monthly breakdown of these figures for the years 2018 and 2019, and a weekly breakdown for 2020.
5. The number of people detained under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act each week from 2018 to date. Please provide a monthly breakdown of these figures for the years 2018 and 2019, and a weekly breakdown for 2020.
6. The number of people discharged under Section 37 of the Mental Health Act each week from 2018 to date. Please provide a monthly breakdown of these figures for the years 2018 and 2019, and a weekly breakdown for 2020.
Please break down all the above information by age, gender and ethnic background.
If this request is too wide or unclear, I would be grateful if you could contact me as I understand that under the Act you are required to advise and assist requesters. If any of this information is already in the public domain, please can you direct me to it, with page references and URLs if necessary.
I understand that you are required to respond to my request within the 20 working days after you receive this letter. I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request.
Best regards,
Aaron Walawalkar and Charlotte Threipland
Dear Aaron Walawalkar
Freedom of Information Act 2000 Request REF: FOI/2021/SG9889
Further to your request for information under the Freedom of Information
Act 2000 received today. We are processing your request and will respond
to you shortly. In the meantime, please find attached our leaflet
offering guidance on our procedure for managing requests for information
in compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
If you have any queries please contact us quoting the above REF number.
Yours sincerely,
Mrs Sam Kirkland
Head of Data Privacy/Data Protection Officer
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Tel: 0116 2955296
Email: [Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust request email]
Dear Mr Walawalker,
Further to your Freedom of Information Request which we received on 25^th
September 2020. We have been informed by What Do They Know.Com that our
response contained a spreadsheet with hidden personally identifiable
information. Please find attached a letter outlining the action we have
taken and updated response.
Do not hesitate to contact me if you wish to discuss this further.
Kind regards
Hannah
Hannah Plowright
Data Privacy and Information Governance Manager/Deputy Data Protection
Officer
Data Privacy Team
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
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We have removed a response to this request that was provided on 21 October 2020. The attached spreadsheet contained personal information that was released in error. We have asked the authority to provide a replacement response.
Our ref: GDPR/BR/20231020-2