Catalogue of Social Care Data

Number of patients, by Health Condition for long stay patients

Health Conditions are divided into:
Mental Health
Abnormal clinical findings
Circulatory
Injury & poisoning
Intestinal infectious diseases

Days since admission at census date for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

Days since admission given under:
Less than 6 months
At least 6 months, less than 1 year
At least 1 year, less than 5 years
5 years or more

Number of patients, by Health Condition for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

Health Conditions are divided into:
Mental Health
Neoplasms
Endocrine

Number of patients, by NHS Board responsible for funding for long stay patients

NHS Boards are divided into:
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Lothian
NHS Grampian
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Highland
NHS Fife
NHS Tayside
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Borders
NHS Western Isles
Other
Not Known
Scotland

Rate per 100,000 population, by NHS Board responsible for funding for long stay patients

NHS Board’s broken divided into:
NHS Western Isles
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lothian
NHS Borders
NHS Grampian
NHS Fife
NHS Tayside
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Forth Valley

Number of patients, by Local Authority of home post code for long stay patients

Local Authorities are broken down into:
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Argyll & Bute
Dumfries & Galloway
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Dunbartonshire
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Falkirk
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
Stirling
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Other

Number of patients, by age group and sex for long stay patients

Age group broken down into:
0-39
40-64
65+
All

This is further subdivided into:
Male
Female
All

Number of patients, by current specialty for long stay patients

Current Specialty is broken down into:
General Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry
Psychiatry of Old Age
Outwith NHS Scotland
Geriatric Medicine
Learning Disability (non-forensic)
Missing / Not Known
Rehabilitation Medicine
Other

Days since admission at census date for long stay patients

Days since admission are divided into:
Less than 6 months
At least 6 months, less than 1 year
At least 1 years, less than 5 years
5 years or more

Age breakdown of patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Patients by age group for each year given under:
Under 18
18-39
40-64
65+

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers. Secondary suppression applied.

Body Mass Index of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Body Mass Index (BMI) given each year under:
Underweight
Normal
Overweight
Obese

* Patients in eating disorder wards are not included
** Excludes patients where data was missing or outlier

Number of patients receiving forensic services who smoke and/or have history of drug/alcohol abuse, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Categories for each year given under:
Smoking
Drug misuse
Alcohol misuse

* Patients can be in more than one category

Patients receiving forensic services with evidence of self-harm in week prior to admission by self-harm type, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Self-harm in week prior to admission for each year is given under:
Self-harm (any)
Self-harm (non-accidental injury)
Self-harm (poisoning)
Self-harm (other)

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers.
** Patients can be in more than one category

Patients receiving forensic services with evidence of suicidal ideation on admission, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Count of “yes” given for each year

Number of patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

NHS Board responsible for funding given each year under:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Orkney
NHS Shetland
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
National Services Division
All

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers
* 1 patient was not known

Sector of treatment for patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Sector of treatment for each year given under:
NHS England/Other
Private
All

* Some categories merged due to small numbers

Sex breakdown of patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Patients by sex given for each year under:
Male
Female
All

Length of stay for patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Time since admission as at census date for each year given under:
Less than 6 months
At least 6 months, less than 1 year
At least 1 year, less than 5 years
5 years or more
Missing data

Average (median) days since admission

Days since care plan review for patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Days since care plan review for each year given under:
Less than 2 weeks
At least 2 weeks, less than 1 month
At least 1 month, less than 3 months
At least 3 months, less than 6 months
6 months or more
Missing data

Patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland with a learning disability/autism diagnosis, 2014 – 2024

Did patient have a learning disability or autism diagnosis? (given for each year)
Yes
No

Number of patients, by current specialty for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

Current Specialty is divided into:
Psychiatry of Old Age
General Psychiatry
Forensic Psychiatry
Outwith NHS Scotland
Geriatric Medicine
Other
Missing / Not Known
* Other includes a range of specialties with small numbers of patients that have been aggregated to protect patient confidentiality.

Number of patients, by age and sex for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

Age group broken down into:
0-39
40-64
65+
All

This is further subdivided into:
Male
Female
All

Number of patients, by Local Authority of home post code for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

Local Authority broken down into:
Aberdeen City
Aberdeenshire
Angus
Dundee City
East Ayrshire
East Lothian
East Renfrewshire
Edinburgh, City of
Fife
Glasgow City
Highland
Inverclyde
Midlothian
Moray
North Ayrshire
North Lanarkshire
Perth & Kinross
Renfrewshire
Scottish Borders
South Ayrshire
South Lanarkshire
West Dunbartonshire
West Lothian
Other
* Other includes Local Authorities where numbers were too small to present individually
** Information was unknown for 48 patients

Rate per 100,000 population, by NHS Board responsible for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

NHS Boards broken down into:
NHS Fife
NHS Tayside
NHS Lothian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Grampian
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Highland

Number of patients, by NHS Board responsible for funding for patients receiving Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care

NHS Boards broken down into:
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Lothian
NHS Fife
NHS Tayside
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Grampian
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Highland
Other
Scotland

Number of patients, by ethnicity

Ethnicity is divided into:
White Scottish
White Other British
White
Other white ethnic group
African, African Scottish or African British
Any mixed or multiple ethnic groups
White Polish
Pakistani, Pakistani Scottish or Pakistani British
White Irish
Other ethnic group
Missing / not known / refused

Number of patients, by age group and sex

Age group broken down into:
0-39
40-64
65+
All

This is further subdivided into:
Male
Female
All

Hospital-based complex clinical care (HBCCC) for patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Did patient receive HBCCC? (given for each year)
Yes
No

Type of mental health conditions for patients treated outwith but funded by NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Diagnosis given for each year under:
Personality Disorders
Learning Disabilities or autism
Schizophrenia
Psychological Development
Dementia

* Patients may have more than one diagnosis
** Some diagnoses not included due to small numbers
*** c – Data excluded due to small numbers

Number of children/young people by source of referral, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Source of referral for each year given under:
Community Mental Health Service / Out-Patients
Other
All

Number of patients receiving forensic services in Census, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

NHS Board’s given for each year under:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
State Hospital
Scotland

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers

Sex breakdown of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Sex given for each year under:
Male
Female
All

Age breakdown of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Age Category given for eahc year under:
0-39
40-64
65+
All

Ward type breakdown of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Ward Type for each year given under:
Forensic (non-LD)
Forensic (LD)
IPCU
Other
All

* Due to a definitional change, comparisons with 2014 are unavailable
* Some ward types have been included as “Other” due to small numbers

Ward security of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Ward Security Level
Low Security
Medium Security
High Security
General Psychiatric Ward
Open forensic Ward
Other
All

* Data is missing for some patients where ward security question was not applicable

Consultant speciality for patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Specialty of Consultant for each year given under:
Forensic Psychiatry
Learning Disability
Other
Missing
All

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers

Length of stay for patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Days since admission for each year given under:
Less than 2 weeks
At least 2 weeks, less than 1 month
At least 1 month, less than 3 months
At least 3 months, less than 6 months
At least 6 months, less than 1 year
At least 1 year, less than 5 years
5 years or more

Average (median) days since admission
For non-Forensic Services patients

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers. Secondary suppression also applied.

Number of mental health conditions of patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2024

Number of mental health conditions divided under:
1
2
3
4+

* Not all patients receiving forensic services are included due to missing data
** Based on recording of ICD-10 codes in primary or secondary positions

Type of mental health conditions for patients receiving forensic services, NHS Scotland, 2019 – 2024

Diagnosis for each year given under:
Bipolar affective disorder
Depression
Austistic Spectrum Disorder
Schizotypal and delusional disorders
Learning disabilities
Personality disorders
Schizophrenia

* Mental health diagnoses are based on ICD 10 codes in primary and secondary positions
** Personality disorders and autistic spectrum disorder counts also rely on respective questions on these disorders
*** Patients may have more than one diagnosis
**** Some diagnoses not included due to small numbers

Patients receiving forensic services with physical health co-morbidity, NHS Scotland, 2024

Number of physical health conditions for each year given under:
0
1
2
3
4+
* Not all patients receiving forensic services are included due to missing data

Type of physical health co-morbidity for patients receiving forensic services , NHS Scotland, 2019 – 2024

Diagnosis given under:
Diabetes
Dyslipidaemia
Chronic Pain Condition
Hypertension
Epilepsy
Sensory Impairment
COPD
Acquired Brain Injury
Coronary Heart Disease

* Patients can have more than one physical condition
** Some conditions not included due to small numbers
*** c – Data excluded due to small numbers

Number of patients receiving forensic services receiving a general physical examination within one day of admission, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

General Physical Exam for each year given under:
Yes
No
Offered, declined by patient
Clinically not appropriate
Not Known

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers
** Applies to patients admitted to mental health bed within last year

Number of patients receiving forensic services receiving an annual physical examination, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Annual Physical Health Check for every year given under:
Yes
Offered, declined by patient
No
Not Known

* c – Data excluded due to small numbers
** Applies to patients admitted to mental health bed over one year ago

Number of children/young people by average (median) length of stay, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Days since admission for each year given under:
Less than 1 month
At least 1 month, less than 3 months
3 months or more

Median number of days since admission

Number of children/young people by consultant specialty, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Speciality of consultant for each year given under:
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Other
All
* data for some inpatients was missing or not known

Number of children/young people by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Ward Type for all years given as:
Children’s Unit / Young People’s Unit
Other
All

Number of children/young people by age breakdown, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Age Group for each year given as:
0 to 15
16 to 17
All under 18s

Adult patients with evidence of suicidal ideation on admission, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Suicidal ideation prior to census for each year given under:
Yes
No
Not Known / not provided

Adult patients with evidence of self-harm in week prior to admission , NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Self-harm in week prior to admission for each year given under:
Self-harm (any)
Self-harm (non-accidental injury)
Self-harm (poisoning)
Self-harm (other)

* Patients can be in more than one category.

Ethnicity breakdown of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Ethnicity, for each year is given under:
Ethnicity
White Scottish
Other White
Asian, Asian Scottish or Asian British
African, African Scottish or African British
Other/multiple ethnic groups
Refused or Not Known

Sex breakdown of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is broken down for each year into:
Male
Female

* Information not returned or “prefer not to say” for a small number of patients
Sex was recorded as “Gender” until 2023.

Age and sex breakdowns of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2023

This is broken down into:
Male
Female

And given for:
<18
18-39
40-64
65+

* Information not returned or "prefer not to say" for a small number of patients
* Some figures have been rounded due to small numbers

Reason patient was admitted to inpatient facility, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is broken down for each year into:
Diagnostic
Learning disability
No additional detail
Other type of psychiatric admission
Rehabilitation
Self-inflicted injury
Therapeutic/Clinical crisis

* Not all reasons have been included due to small numbers

Marital status of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Data are broken down into:
Never married nor registered civil partnership
Married
Separated, but still married
Divorced
Widowed
Not known

* Not all marital status categories presented due to small numbers.

Patients in Census with dependents, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Dependents given for each year under:
Child(ren) under 5
Child(ren) aged 5-15
Child(ren) aged 16-18 in full time education
Partner
Working Age Adult (aged 16-64)
Elderly Relative(s) (aged 65+)
None

* Some information excluded and some figures have been rounded due to small numbers
** Patients can have more than one dependent type

Employment status of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Employment Status is broken down into:
Retired
Student
Unemployed
Employed
Housewife
Not Allowed To Work
Not Known

* Some information excluded due to small numbers

Number of adult patients by consultant specialty, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Consultant Specialty is broken down each year into:
Addictions
Forensic Psychiatry
General Psychiatry
Learning Disability
Missing / not known
Other
Psychiatry of Old Age
All

* Some categories included in “Other” due to small numbers

Number of adult patients by other legislation, NHS Scotland, 2024

Legislation is broken down into:
Mental Health Act – Compulsory Treatment Order
Not applicable
Adults with incapacity (Scotland) Act 2000
Mental Health Act – Short Term Detention Certificate (28 days)
Criminal Procedure Act – Compulsion Order and Restriction Order (Section 57(2) (a) and (b))
Criminal Procedure Act – Compulsory Order (Section 57A)
Mental Health Act – Transfer for Treatment Direction (Section 136)
Criminal Procedure Act – Treatment Order (Section 52K-S)
Mental Health Act – Community Based Treatment Order
Criminal Procedure Act – Restriction Order (Section 59)
Criminal Procedure Act – Interim Compulsion Order (Section 53 & 57(2)(bb))
The Adult Support and Protection (Scotland) Act 2007
Criminal Procedure Act – Assessment Order (Section 52B-J)
Other Legislation
Mental Health Act – Emergency Detention Certificate
* MHA – Mental Health Act, CPA – Criminal Procedure Act
** Patients can be in more than one category
*** Some categories included in “Other legislation” due to small numbers

Number of mental health conditions of adult patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Number of mental health conditions is given each year for:
1
2
3
4+
* Not all adult patients are included due to missing data
** Based on recording of ICD-10 codes in primary or secondary positions

Number of adults patients with physical health co-morbidities in Census, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Number of physical health conditions given for each year for:
0
1
2
3
4
5
6+

* Data missing for small number of patients in 2017 and 2018

Route of substances used by adult patients in Census with history of drug abuse, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Route of substances used in 4 weeks prior to admission given each year for:
Injecting
Oral
Smoke or nasal

* Patients can be in more than one category
** Data is missing for some patients

Substances used by adult patients in Census with history of drug abuse, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Substances used in four weeks prior to admission for each year given for:
Amphetamine
Cannabis
Cocaine
Ecstasy
Glues, solvents, gas or aerosols
Heroin
LSD
New Psychoactive Substances
Opioids other than heroin
Sedatives / tranquilisers

* Patients can be in more than one category
* Some information excluded and some figures have been rounded due to small numbers

Number of substances used by adult patients in Census with history of drug abuse, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Number of substances used in 4 weeks prior to admission for each year given as:
One
Two
Three
Four
Five or more
Not known
* Some figures have been rounded due to small numbers

Type of mental health conditions for adult patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Diagnosis for each year divided into:
Autistic Spectrum Disorder
Behavioural and emotional disorders (childhood and adolescence onset)
Behavioural syndromes
Bipolar affective disorder
Dementia
Depression
Learning disabilities
Manic episode
Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform
Other mood (affective) disorders
Personality disorders
Schizophrenia
Schizotypal and delusional disorders

* Mental health diagnoses are based on ICD 10 codes in primary and secondary positions
** Personality disorders and autistic spectrum disorder counts also rely on respective questions on these disorders
*** Patients may have more than one diagnosis
**** Some diagnoses may not be included due to small numbers

Number of adult patients in Census who smoke and/or have history of drug/alcohol use, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Categories given as:
Smoking
Alcohol misuse
Drug use

* Patients can be in more than one category

Body Mass Index of adults patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Body Mass Index (BMI) for each year given as:
Normal
Overweight
Obese
Underweight
Not known/Excluded as outlier

* Patients in eating disorder wards are not included

Number of adults patients receiving an annual physical examination, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Annual physical health check for each year as:
Yes
No
Offered, declined by patient
Clinically not appropriate/Not Known/Missing

* Applies to patients admitted longer than one year

Number of adults patients receiving a general physical examination within one day of admission, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

General Physical Exam given for each year as:
Yes
No
Offered, declined by patient
Clinically not appropriate/Not Known/Missing

* Applies to patients admitted to mental health bed within last year

Type of physical health co-morbidity for adult patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Condition for each year broken down into:
Acquired Brain Injury
Alcohol Acquired Brain Injury
Cancer Diagnosis
Chronic Kidney Disease
Chronic Pain Condition
COPD
Coronary Heart Disease
Diabetes
Dyslipidaemia
Epilepsy
Hypertension
Liver Disease
Parkinson
Sensory Impairment
Stroke TIA
Thyroid

* Patients can have more than one physical condition

Patients per 100,000 population in psychiatric, addiction or learning disability bed, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Data given for the following NHS boards:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
State Hospital
Scotland

Number of psychiatric, addiction or learning disability beds, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Data given for the following NHS boards:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
State Hospital
Scotland

Occupancy rates for psychiatric, addiction or learning disability beds, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Data given for the following NHS boards:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
State Hospital
Scotland

Number of patients boarding from another hospital, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is given for:
“Boarding” from another hospital
“Boarding” in same NHS Health Board
% “Boarding” same NHS Health Board

Number of patients on pass at Census, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024.

“On pass” = patients who are legally considered inpatients but are temporarily away from the hospital on planned leave as part of their recovery.

Data given for:
Number of patients on pass at Census
% of Census patients

Number of HBCCC patients at Census, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

Data given for:
Number of patients in receipt of HBCCC at Census
% of Census patients

Number of delayed discharge patients at Census, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2023

Yes
Not applicable
Not known or no data provided
% of Census patients with delayed discharge
* percentages are out of those patients whose data was provided

Average (median) length of stay for patients at Census, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Average (median) days
Average (median) banded

Number of psychiatric, addiction or learning disability beds by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is given for ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Admission & Assessment 4
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Eating Disorder
Forensic (LD)
Forensic (non-LD)
Intensive Psychiatric Care
Learning Disability unit
Other (please specify)
Perinatal
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children ³

¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units
4 Admission & Assessment only included as option from 2018 Census

Occupancy rates for psychiatric, addiction or learning disability beds by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is given for ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Admission & Assessment 4
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Eating Disorder
Forensic (LD)
Forensic (non-LD)
Intensive Psychiatric Care
Learning Disability unit
Other (please specify)
Perinatal
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children ³

¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units
4 Admission & Assessment only included as option from 2018 Census

Ward security level overview, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Ward security level given for:
General Psychiatric Ward
Low Security
Medium Security
High Security
Community Facility
Intensive Psychiatric Care Unit (IPCU)
Open forensic Ward
Not Applicable
All

Ward security level by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2024

Data given for ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards
Admission & Assessment
Continuing care / long stay / recovery (non-dementia)
Dementia Wards
Eating Disorder
Forensic (LD)
Forensic (non-LD)
ICPU*
Learning Disability unit (non-Forensic)
Other (please specify)
Perinatal
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children
All Wards

¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units
4 Admission & Assessment only included as option from 2018 Census
* “Other” includes community facility, Intensive Psychiatric Care and Open Forensic

Observation level by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2024

Data divided into:
General Observation
Constant, Special or Enhanced Observation

Data given for ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Admission & Assessment
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Forensic (LD)
Forensic (non-LD)
IPCU
Learning Disability
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children ³

c- denotes data suppressed due to small numbers. Secondary suppression also applied.
* Not all ward types included
** Excludes patients returned as “Not Applicable” or “Unknown”
¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units

Status of patient at admission by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2024

Data divided into:
Formal
Informal

Data given for ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Admission & Assessment 4
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Eating Disorder
Forensic (non-LD)
IPCU
Learning Disability
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children ³

* Not all ward types included and some figures have been rounded due to small numbers
¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units
4 Admission & Assessment only included as option from 2018 Census

Status of patient at Census by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2024

Data divided into:
Formal
Informal

Data are then given for each ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Admission & Assessment 4
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Eating Disorder
Forensic (non-LD)
IPCU
Learning Disability
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Young People/Children ³

* Not all ward types included and some figures have been rounded due to small numbers
¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards
³ Young People/Children wards are the combination of Young people’s units and Children’s units
4 Admission & Assessment only included as option from 2018 Census

Number of HBCCC patients by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2017 – 2024

For each year, data are divided into:
HBCCC Patients
% of Ward HBCCC

Data are then given for each ward type:
Acute
Dementia Wards ¹
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)
Continuing care/long stay
Forensic (non-LD)
All

* Not all ward types included due to small numbers
¹ Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards

Average (median) length of stay (in days) by ward type, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

Data are then given for each ward type:
Acute
Addiction Wards ¹
Continuing care/long stay
Dementia Wards ²
Eating Disorder
Forensic (LD)
Forensic (non-LD)
IPCU
Learning Disability
Rehabilitation (non-addiction)

* Not all ward types included due to small numbers
¹ Addiction wards are the combination of addiction rehabilitation and addiction detox wards
² Dementia wards are the combination of dementia assessment and dementia care & treatment wards

Age breakdown of patients in Census, NHS Scotland, 2016 – 2024

This is broken down for each year into:
<18
18-39
40-64
65+
Median Age at Census

Number of patients in psychiatric, addiction or learning disability bed, NHS Scotland, 2014 – 2024

Data given for the following NHS boards:
NHS Ayrshire & Arran
NHS Borders
NHS Dumfries & Galloway
NHS Fife
NHS Forth Valley
NHS Grampian
NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde
NHS Highland
NHS Lanarkshire
NHS Lothian
NHS Tayside
NHS Western Isles
State Hospital
Scotland