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Data Provider: Welsh Government Section 135 and 136 Detentions by local health board, age, gender and quarter
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Mental Health Act Section 1[Filter]
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Gender 1[Filter]
Area code[Filter]
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Age 1
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Health Board 1
[Collapse]TotalThis is the person’s age on the day when:<br />• the warrant allowing the police to enter a person’s home is executed (section 135); or<br />• the police encountered the person (section 136).Click here to sortTotalThis is the person’s age on the day when:<br />• the warrant allowing the police to enter a person’s home is executed (section 135); or<br />• the police encountered the person (section 136).
Click here to sortunder 16 yearsThis is the person’s age on the day when:<br />• the warrant allowing the police to enter a person’s home is executed (section 135); or<br />• the police encountered the person (section 136).Click here to sort16-17 yearsThis is the person’s age on the day when:<br />• the warrant allowing the police to enter a person’s home is executed (section 135); or<br />• the police encountered the person (section 136).Click here to sort18 and over yearsThis is the person’s age on the day when:<br />• the warrant allowing the police to enter a person’s home is executed (section 135); or<br />• the police encountered the person (section 136).Click here to sortNot recordedThis is the person’s age on the day when:<br />• the warrant allowing the police to enter a person’s home is executed (section 135); or<br />• the police encountered the person (section 136).
[Collapse]Wales1523498.The data item is not applicable536
WalesBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board47104.The data item is not applicable115
Powys Teaching Health Board1.The data item is not applicable8.The data item is not applicable9
Hywel Dda University Health Board.The data item is not applicable932.The data item is not applicable41
Swansea Bay University Health Board.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable35.The data item is not applicable35
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board3567.The data item is not applicable75
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board6.The data item is not applicable85.The data item is not applicable91
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board12167.The data item is not applicable170

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

29 February 2024 29 February 2024

Next update

30 May 2024

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

Weblinks

The quality report can be found on the following web link: https://gov.wales/detentions-under-section-135-and-136-mental-health-act-quality-report

Statistical quality

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

Keywords

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