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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]Wales2625529.The data item is not applicable580
WalesBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board26104.The data item is not applicable112
Powys Teaching Health Board.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable8.The data item is not applicable8
Hywel Dda University Health Board4259.The data item is not applicable65
Swansea Bay University Health Board1137.The data item is not applicable39
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health Board15176.The data item is not applicable92
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board25102.The data item is not applicable109
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board210143.The data item is not applicable155

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 August 2024 22 August 2024

Next update

28 November 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

Statistical quality

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

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

Keywords

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