Internal Reference Number: FOI_6545
Date Request Received: 06/04/2022 00:00:00
Date Request Replied To: 20/04/2022 00:00:00
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Request Summary: Children's A&E attendances due to Mental Healt issue
Request Category: Political Parties
Question Number 1: Please confirm the number of children attending A&E per month, since Jan 2019 due to a mental health related issue. | |
Answer To Question 1: Please see the spreadsheet attached which contains our responses to both questions in this FOI. Please note: We have defined children as all patients aged 17 or under. We have defined Mental Health reasons in line with previous FOI responses and internal reports, however this list is not necessarily exhaustive and relies on accurate coding of each ED attendance. To accompany this answer to question 1 please also see the documents listed below: 10504 - FOI_6545 - Children attending ED for MH reasons.xlsx | |
Question Number 2: Please confirm the top 10 longest stays in A&E of a child who is presenting a mental health issue over the last 12 months. | |
Answer To Question 2: Please refer to our response to Question 1. | |
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