FOI 288-24 Mental Health
Enquiry Reference: 288 - 24
I write in connection with regards to your Freedom of Information request, Below is your request and our response.
How many call outs do you get per year between 2020-2024 regarding people struggling with mental health?
Method taken: All incidents within the time period of 01/01/2020 – 01/03/2024 that have a mental health marker (either QL32 or MNH) applied on them. Attendance is measured by there being a recorded unit that has attended the incident.
There will be occasions where an officer did attend but it was not captured. We are unable to quantify but we are aware that the system does not always pick up when they arrive.
Volume of incidents with mental health marker on
|
Year |
Volume |
|
2020 |
1574 |
|
2021 |
1267 |
|
2022 |
1582 |
|
2023 |
1588 |
|
2024 |
479 |
|
Grand Total |
6490 |
Volume of incidents with mental health marker on - attended
|
Year |
Volume |
|
2020 |
1248 |
|
2021 |
943 |
|
2022 |
1163 |
|
2023 |
1122 |
|
2024 |
365 |
|
Grand Total |
4841 |
How many call outs did you receive during 2020-2024 regarding persons under the age of 18 regarding mental health?
We can’t answer as do not know which person linked to the incident that had mental health difficulties
How many of these incidents were referred to third party charity’s or agency’s?
We do not refer to third parties we link in with the Crisis Assessment Suite and Street Triage Team.
What was the difference in call out between Covid lockdown to 2024?
Volume all incidents with mental health marker on
|
Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Grand Total |
|
2020 |
117 |
119 |
112 |
110 |
131 |
207 |
182 |
193 |
122 |
77 |
100 |
104 |
1574 |
|
2021 |
97 |
54 |
103 |
97 |
115 |
98 |
103 |
120 |
105 |
112 |
127 |
136 |
1267 |
|
2022 |
122 |
126 |
104 |
123 |
156 |
155 |
116 |
134 |
110 |
180 |
123 |
133 |
1582 |
|
2023 |
158 |
138 |
140 |
125 |
139 |
123 |
105 |
99 |
122 |
81 |
99 |
259 |
1588 |
|
2024 |
272 |
207 |
479 |
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|
Grand Total |
766 |
644 |
459 |
455 |
541 |
583 |
506 |
546 |
459 |
450 |
449 |
632 |
6490 |
Volume all incidents with mental health marker on - attended
|
Year |
Jan |
Feb |
Mar |
Apr |
May |
Jun |
Jul |
Aug |
Sep |
Oct |
Nov |
Dec |
Grand Total |
|
2020 |
91 |
96 |
90 |
83 |
115 |
161 |
142 |
152 |
93 |
62 |
80 |
83 |
1248 |
|
2021 |
74 |
45 |
80 |
79 |
86 |
74 |
83 |
75 |
76 |
76 |
94 |
101 |
943 |
|
2022 |
88 |
98 |
74 |
91 |
119 |
119 |
88 |
97 |
81 |
131 |
83 |
94 |
1163 |
|
2023 |
113 |
108 |
92 |
86 |
102 |
91 |
69 |
63 |
86 |
48 |
66 |
198 |
1122 |
|
2024 |
211 |
154 |
365 |
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|
Grand Total |
577 |
501 |
336 |
339 |
422 |
445 |
382 |
387 |
336 |
317 |
323 |
476 |
4841 |
Regarding the dates, how many call outs for missing persons include someone struggling with mental health?
Method taken: Incidents of PS18 (missing person high risk), PS19 (missing person medium risk) and PS20 (missing person low risk) within the time period of 01/01/2020 – 01/03/2024. Incidents included have a mental health marker (either QL32 or MNH) applied on them. Attendance is measured by there being a recorded unit that has attended the incident.
There will be occasions where an officer did attend but it was not captured. We are unable to quantify but we are aware that the system does not always pick up when they arrive.
Volume of Missing from Home incidents with mental health maker on
|
Year |
Volume |
|
2020 |
331 |
|
2021 |
380 |
|
2022 |
407 |
|
2023 |
1012 |
|
2024 |
175 |
|
Grand Total |
2305 |
Volume of Missing from Home incidents with mental health marker – Attended
|
Year |
Volume |
|
2020 |
292 |
|
2021 |
354 |
|
2022 |
387 |
|
2023 |
862 |
|
2024 |
157 |
|
Grand Total |
2052 |
What is the most common age group regarding mental health call outs between these years?
As we do not know who the mental health qualifier on the incident relates this information is in a unretrievable format.
How many call outs regarding mental health did you receive, on average, either weekly, monthly or yearly?
This can be worked out by dividing question 1 by 52 for weekly average or 12 for monthly.
How many call outs had more than one visit within 2020,2024?
Due to inaccuracies in how the information is recorded we are unable to provide this information.
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Yours sincerely
Information Rights Decision Maker