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Data Provider: Welsh Government Patients in mental health hospitals and units in Wales with a mental illness
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[Collapse]Wales1,7331,8211,7641,6431,5971,4861,4411,4301,3681,3191,291.The data item is not applicable1,1081,1241,1781,192
WalesBetsi Cadwaladr University Health Board267275242231248232224236237224239.The data item is not applicable231221232252
Powys Teaching Health Board2351503944454636302930.The data item is not applicable26252525
Hywel Dda University Health Board165156164133132119114123120117123.The data item is not applicable1059995107
Abertawe Bro Morgannwg University Health BoardFrom 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of bridgend local authority moved form Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf UHB becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg UHB becoming Swansea Bay UHB.511511518495429422440399374373329.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Swansea Bay University Health BoardFrom 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of bridgend local authority moved form Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf UHB becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg UHB becoming Swansea Bay UHB..The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable216219220224
Cwm Taf University Health BoardFrom 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of bridgend local authority moved form Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf UHB becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg UHB becoming Swansea Bay UHB.227238214196191162139168146142135.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable
Cwm Taf Morgannwg University Health BoardFrom 1st April 2019 health service provision for residents of bridgend local authority moved form Abertawe Bro Morgannwg to Cwm Taf. The health board names have changed with Cwm Taf UHB becoming Cwm Taf Morgannwg UHB and Abertawe Bro Morgannwg UHB becoming Swansea Bay UHB..The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable.The data item is not applicable150170192180
Aneurin Bevan University Health Board192207180189191179162169172152154.The data item is not applicable146141157155
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board348383396360362327316299289282281.The data item is not applicable234249257249

Metadata

Title

Patients in mental health hospitals and units with a mental illness: Census of patients

Last update

February 2025 February 2025

Next update

October 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Psychiatric Census, NHS Wales Informatics Service

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

None

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Local health boards

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English only

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, mental illness, learning disability

General description

Patients in mental health hospitals and mental health units in hospitals with a mental illness, by age group and health board.

Data collection and calculation

Each year (as of midnight 31st March) a census is taken of residents in NHS hospitals and units for people with a mental illness or a learning disability. Local Health Boards provide data to the NHS Wales Informatics Service (NWIS).

The data covers patients in mental health hospitals and mental health units in hospitals that may have other specialties.

The census does not include Welsh residents who are patients at hospitals in England.

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

Data is shown for each year from 2009 onwards.
The census is taken at 31 March each year.

Users, uses and context

Please find this information in the related statistical publication, as per the given weblink

Rounding applied

None

Revisions information

Data are not routinely revised. However, any revisions will be marked with an 'r'.

Statistical quality

Please find this information in the “Key Quality Information” section of related statistical publication: "Patients in mental health hospitals and units in Wales"