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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]Wales461532291201549
WalesBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board1427408.The data item is not applicable89
Powys Teaching Health Board174.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable12
Hywel Dda University Health Board115144135
Swansea Bay University Health Board661118.The data item is not applicable41
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board6294217.The data item is not applicable94
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board14283732.The data item is not applicable111
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board4418141.The data item is not applicable167

Metadata

Title

Detentions Under Section 135 and 136 of the Mental Health Act

Last update

28 August 2025 28 August 2025

Next update

27 November 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

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.

Statistical quality

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

Keywords

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