FoI Number
2022-631
Subject
Out of Area Placements
Date Received
12/01/2023
Request and Response

I seek information on Inappropriate Out of Area Placements (OAPs) in Scotland.

This is defined as when a person with acute mental health needs who requires inpatient care is admitted to a unit that does not form part of the usual local network of services.

Please state:

NHS Shetland services a remote and rural population of 23,000. As such there is no Mental Health in-patient facilities on the island so the answer to all of your questions below is nil.
As Shetland is a remote island (60 degrees north) the nearest location that individuals can be referred to is at Cornhill Hospital in Aberdeen. This facility which is over 300km away from Shetland is run and operated by NHS Grampian. This is the usual local service pathway.

1. The annual number of OAP days in acute adult mental health care from hospitals under your NHS Board. Please supply the following breakdowns:

Starting from 2017 up to year ending December 2022;

2. The total annual recorded costs for OAP days in acute adult mental health care from hospitals under your NHS Board. Please supply the following breakdowns:

Starting from 2017 up to year ending December 2022;

3. The total annual number of OAP days with a distance of 100km or less from hospitals under your NHS Board. Please supply the following breakdowns:

Starting from 2017 up to year ending December 2022;

4. The total annual number of OAP days with a distance between 100km and 200km from hospitals under your NHS Board. Please supply the following breakdowns:

Starting from 2017 up to year ending December 2022;

5. The total annual number of OAP days with a distance between 200km or 300km. from hospitals under your NHS Board. Please supply the following breakdowns:

Starting from 2017 up to year ending December 2022;

6. The total annual number of OAP days with a distance of 300km or more from hospitals under your NHS Board. Please supply the following breakdowns:

Starting from 2017 up to year ending December 2022;

7. The total annual number of OAPs that lasted 50 nights or more from hospitals under your NHS Board. Please supply the following breakdowns:

Starting from 2017 up to year ending December 2022;

8. The total annual number of inappropriate OAPs that ended from hospitals under your NHS Board. Please supply the following breakdown:

Starting from 2017 up to year ending December 2022;

9. The furthest distance for an OAP someone has travelled in acute adult mental health care in hospitals under your NHS Board this year. Please supply the following breakdown;

Please supply the data up to year ending 31 December 2022

10. The longest stay for an OAP someone had from acute adult mental health care in hospitals under your NHS Board this year. Please supply the following breakdowns;

Please supply the data up to year ending 31 December 2021

Please provide the information in the form of a spreadsheet or CSV file.