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Data Provider: Welsh Government Section 135 and 136 Detentions by local health board, assessment outcome and quarter
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Mental Health Act Section 1[Filter]
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Assessment Outcome 1
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Health Board 1
[Collapse]TotalThis is what happened to the person once the mental health assessment was completed.Click here to sortTotalThis is what happened to the person once the mental health assessment was completed.
Click here to sortPerson agreed to go into hospitalThis is what happened to the person once the mental health assessment was completed.Click here to sortPerson detained under the Mental Health Act and admitted to hospitalThis is what happened to the person once the mental health assessment was completed.Click here to sortDischarged from section with a community-based mental health plan of careThis is what happened to the person once the mental health assessment was completed.Click here to sortDischarged from section – no mental health follow-up care neededThis is what happened to the person once the mental health assessment was completed.Click here to sortNot recordedThis is what happened to the person once the mental health assessment was completed.
[Collapse]Wales451362061163506
WalesBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board13323414.The data item is not applicable93
Powys Teaching Health Board32.The data item is not applicable3.The data item is not applicable8
Hywel Dda University Health Board216146240
Swansea Bay University Health Board481818.The data item is not applicable48
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board2274712.The data item is not applicable88
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board12233722.The data item is not applicable94
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board92856411135

Metadata

General description

Quarterly data on the number of Section 135 and 136 detentions in Wales by age, gender, ethnicity, place of safety and outcome of assessment.

Data collection and calculation

This information is included in the related quality report - see web link.

Frequency of publication

Quarterly

Data reference periods

April 2019 onwards

Users, uses and context

This information is included in the related quality report - see web link.

Revisions information

This information is included in the related quality report - see web link.

Title

Detentions Under Section 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act

Last update

22 May 2025 22 May 2025

Next update

28 August 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Removal of a Suspected Mentally Disordered Person to a Place of Safety (s.135 and s.136 Mental Health Act) Data Collection, Welsh Government

Contact email

hss.performance@gov.wales

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local health boards

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Keywords

Mental Health, NHS, Police, Age, Gender, Ethnicity

Statistical quality

This information is included in the related quality report - see web link.