Accute Mental Health Unit patient admissions and bereavements

Summary

A request was made for admission and mortality statistics for the Isle of Man's Acute Mental Health Units since 2014. The Department of Health and Social Care provided admission and death figures but refused to disclose data on terminally ill patients as it is not collated.

Key Facts

• The request covered admissions to Grenaigh Court and Mannanin Court since January 1, 2014.
• There were 616 unique patients admitted to the units during the specified period.
• The total number of admissions recorded was 1308.
• 48 patients admitted between 2014 and 2019 are now deceased.
• Data regarding terminally ill patients was withheld because Mental Health Services does not collate this information.

Data Disclosed

• 616 patients
• 1308 admissions
• 48 deceased
• 1st January 2014
• 31st December 2019
• 17th January 2020
• 6th February 2020

Exemptions Cited

• Section 11(3)(a) of the Freedom of Information Act 2015 (Information not held)

Original Request

Question 1: How many patients have been admitted to our Islands' Acute Mental Health Units (Grenaigh Court and Mannanin Court) since the 1st January 2014? Question 2: Of those patients how many are now deceased? Question 3: How many cases were terminal ill patients?

Data Tables (1)

Full Response Text

Chief Executive: Kathryn Magson Freedom of Information Team Department of Health & Social Care Chief Executive's Office Crookall House Demesne Road Douglas Isle of Man IM1 3QA Tel: (01624) 642621 Email: dhsc@foi.gov.im Website: www.gov.im/dhsc

Our ref: 1136725 6th February 2020

Dear ###

We write further to your request which was received on the 17th January 2020 and states:

"Question 1: How many patients have been admitted to our Islands' Acute Mental Health Units (Grenaigh Court and Mannanin Court) since the 1st January 2014? Question 2: Of those patients how many are now deceased? Question 3: How many cases were terminal ill patients?"

While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance the public authority does not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find some of the information that you have requested.

I have detailed below the information that is held. Question 1: How many patients have been admitted to our Islands' Acute Mental Health Units (Grenaigh Court and Mannanin Court) since the 1st January 2014? There has been 616 patients (1308 admissions) to the Acute Mental Health Unit since the 1st January 2014.

Question 2:
Of those patients how many are now deceased? For the period 1st January 2014 to the 31st December 2019 there have been 48. Question 3: How many cases were terminal ill patients? While our aim is to provide information whenever possible, in this instance Department of Health and Social Care (“the Department”) is unable to provide the information you have requested. This is in line with section 11(3)a of the Act, as a practical refusal reason applies; namely we do not hold or cannot, after taking reasonable steps to do so, find the information that you have requested. Mental Health Services does not collate this data.

Please quote the reference number 1136725 in any future communications.

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I will now close your request as of this date.

Yours sincerely