Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 43803
Compulsorily Detained Psychiatric Patients
Tabled: 2 April 2025
Answered: 10 April 2025
Question
Olly Glover
Liberal Democrat — Didcot and Wantage
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will publish rates of sectioning under the Mental Health Act 1983 by diagnosis of (a) bipolar and (b) other mental health conditions for each of the last five years.
Answer
Stephen KinnockAn individual is detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 if they pose a serious risk to themselves or others and they require care in a hospital setting. Detentions are not made based on diagnoses of severe mental health conditions.NHS England is curren...
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