Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 92361
Psychiatric Patients: Children
Tabled: 18 November 2025
Answered: 3 December 2025
Question
James McMurdock
Independent — South Basildon and East Thurrock
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of readmission rates among mental health inpatients aged 0-17.
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedThe following table shows the number of readmissions and the percentage of all admissions that were readmissions for children and young people’s mental health inpatient services, for 2022/23, 2023/24, 2024/25, and from April to August of 2025/26:
Year | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | 2025/26 |
Number of readmissions | 197 | 196 | 157 | 83 |
Percentage of admissions that were readmissions | 7.9% | 8.7% | 7.5% | 9.3% |
Source: Mental Health Services Dataset, NHS England.
A readmission is any admission which takes place within 90 days of a previous discharge, for the same patient.