Psychiatric Patients
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of mental health inpatients discharged between 2024 and 2025 were readmitted within (a) 30 and (b) 90 days of discharge, broken down by age group.
Answered by Dr Zubir Ahmed
The following table shows the information requested for inpatients discharged between January 2024 and December 2024 in England:
Age band | Discharges eligible for readmission | Readmissions within 30 days of discharge | Readmissions within 90 days of discharge | Proportion of discharges readmitted within 30 days | Proportion of discharges readmitted within 90 days |
0-17 | 4,134 | 1,468 | 1,925 | 35.5% | 46.6% |
18-24 | 10,912 | 1,868 | 3,068 | 17.1% | 28.1% |
25-34 | 18,806 | 2,414 | 4,156 | 12.8% | 22.1% |
35-44 | 16,742 | 1,785 | 3,270 | 10.7% | 19.5% |
45-54 | 12,615 | 1,177 | 2,210 | 9.3% | 17.5% |
55-64 | 10,286 | 910 | 1,704 | 8.8% | 16.6% |
65+ | 13,273 | 761 | 1,417 | 5.7% | 10.7% |
Missing/Invalid records | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Total | 86,770 | 10,383 | 17,750 | 12.0% | 20.5% |
Source: Mental Health Services Dataset, NHS England
Notes:
- The age band is calculated based on the patient's age at the time of the previous discharge.
- The number of discharges eligible for readmission covers all discharges from hospital in the reporting period that meet the following criteria:
- Method of discharge from hospital was NOT the patient dying, discharging themselves, or being discharged by a relative or advocate.
- Destination of discharge from hospital was NOT a high security of psychiatric hospital or accommodation, a medium secure unit, or an Independent Sector Healthcare Provider run hospital.
- The number or readmissions within 30 or 90 days of discharge covers all next earliest admissions to hospital following a patient's eligible discharge. Number of days is calculated using the start date of the new admission and the discharge date of the previous discharge.
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