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FOI Request
I would like to request, under the Freedom of Information Act, the following information regarding inappropriate out of area placements in children and young people’s mental health services.
Definition of inappropriate out of area placement OAP.: An 'out of area placement' OAP. occurs when a child or young person who requires mental health inpatient care is admitted to a unit that does not form part of their usual local network of services because no bed is available for them locally.
Please can you provide for all following questions data for children and young people’s mental health services and inappropriate OAPs.
Q1: Total number of monthly inpatient admissions and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022.
Q2: Total number of monthly inappropriate OAPs and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022:
- Number of inappropriate OAP days per month
- Number of inappropriate OAPs active at the end of each month
- Number of inappropriate OAPs started each month
- Number of inappropriate OAPs ended each month
Q3: The monthly lengths of inappropriate OAPs and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022:
- In these breakdowns if possible: a. 1-30 nights, b. 31-90 nights, c. 91 or more nights
- average, longest, shortest stay as of the last day of the year.
Q4: The monthly distance travelled for inappropriate OAPs from January 2017 to December 2022:
- In these breakdowns if possible: a. less than 50km, b. 50km or greater and less than 100km, c. 100km or greater and less than 300km, d. 300km or greater
- average, longest, shortest distance as of the last day of the year.. For longest and shortest distance please include the receiving provider/inpatient unit.
Q5: The monthly cost of inappropriate OAPs and yearly totals from January 2017 to December 2022:
- Total cost for inappropriate out of area placements each month
- Average cost per bed day each month
Q6: Yearly totals of receiving providers of inappropriate OAPs, so the number of patients sent to each receiving provider per year as well as the proportion of receiving providers that are private providers.
Q7: Yearly average, youngest and oldest age of children and young people on inappropriate OAPs.
Please could you provide the information in the form of an CSV or other spreadsheet file.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. If you can identify any ways that my request could be refined, I would be grateful for any further advice and assistance.
If you have any queries, please don’t hesitate to contact me via email and I will be very happy to clarify what I am asking for and discuss the request. My details are outlined below.
Thank you for your time and I look forward to your response.