FOI Request
- Disclosure ID
- FOI/03227
- Request Date
- July 23, 2019
- Subject
- Mental Health A&E Attendances - 23/07/2019
- Description
By ‘treated/seen’, I mean when the patient has been treated in entirety and discharged, so the measure of time from arrival to departure (which has a target of 4 hours).
1). For 2018/19 and the calendar year 2018, please breakdown how many children aged 15 and under attending the hospital’s A&E department for mental health related issues, were treated/seen by a doctor within four hours, and how many waited longer than four hours to be treated. If possible, please give a breakdown of how long those waiting four+ hours were waiting, e.g. six, seven hours etc.
2). For 2018/19 and the calendar year 2018 please breakdown how many children aged 16 and 17, attending the hospital’s A&E department for mental health related issues, were treated/seen by a doctor within four hours, and how many waited longer than four hours to be treated. If possible, please give a breakdown of how long those waiting four+ hours were waiting, e.g. six, seven hours etc.
3). For 2018/19 and the calendar year 2018, please breakdown how many adults aged 18 and over, attending the hospital’s A&E department for mental health related issues, were treated/seen by a doctor within four hours, and how many waited longer than four hours to be treated. If possible, please give a breakdown of how long those waiting four+ hours were waiting, e.g. six, seven hours etc.
4). For 2018/19 and the calendar year 2018, please detail the longest period of time an individual with a diagnosed mental health condition spent in A&E.
- Response
Please see attached response.