Released 17 May 2021
Request:
- Please state the name of your Hospital Trust
- How many patients on the paediatric ward were detained under the Mental Health Act with an eating disorder diagnosis in the following financial years;
- 2017/2018
- 2018/2019
- 2019/2020
- 2020/2021
- How many adult patients were detained on a general ward under the Mental Health Act with an eating disorder diagnosis in the following financial years;
- 2017/2018
- 2018/2019
- 2019/2020
- 2020/2021
Information disclosed:
Under Section 1(1)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), the Trust can confirm that it holds some information relevant to your request. However, our NHS colleagues at Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust hold more comprehensive information relevant to your request and are therefore better placed to assist you.
University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust was formed on 1 April 2021, with the merger of Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust (BSUH) and Western Sussex Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust (WSHT).
Response relative to University Hospitals Sussex NHS Foundation Trust is provided below. As an Acute Hospital Trust we may hold some limited information relevant to your request within individual patient records. Information of this nature would not be held centrally on our systems.
The process of detaining patients under the Mental Health Act is not carried out by our Trust. We believe that patient detention in this context is managed by Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, who provide mental health services in this area. If after contacting Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust you still require further information from us, please let us know and we will be happy to consider what additional information we can provide