Admittances to Robin Ward since 2019 with mental health issues (FOI)

​​​Request

Please confirm how many children have been admitted to Robin Ward over the past five years for mental health issues.

Response

Figures for admissions to Robin Ward for treatment of a mental health condition or disorder for the past five calendar years, from 2019 to 2023 inclusive, are detailed in the table below. 

The data indicates the number of distinct admissions, rather than the number of individuals requiring care. Individuals may have multiple admissions within a single year, and / or across the timeframe. In addition, it is important to note that many of these admissions are extremely brief in nature.

Cases meeting the criteria for inclusion have been identified by the diagnosis codes assigned to the episode of care in the Electronic Patient Record, where a mental health condition or disorder has been recorded as the primary diagnosis. Primary diagnosis coding indicates the main condition treated or investigated throughout the episode of care.

Clinical Coding of a person’s admission is carried out after discharge from hospital and figures are derived from reporting by discharge date. As such, those individuals who were admitted prior to 1 January 2019 and discharged after this date will be included. For the same reason, those admitted prior to 31 December 2023 and discharged after this date will not be included in the numbers. Coding is yet to be completed for a small percentage of admissions for the time period, and consequently, figures may be subject to change as Clinical Coding of cases continues.

​Data Source: Hospital Electronic Records - Clinical Coding Reports (TrakCare CDG4G, Maxims CC005DM)​