Chamber and committees

The information requested isnot held centrally.

Different prevalent studies haveestimated between one in four of the population and one in six of the populationsuffer mental health problems in any one year. In most cases these are short-termand no or little medical intervention is required.

Another estimate on diagnosedmental health problems can be based on the number of patients first seen for thecondition in general practices participating in Practice Team Information (PTI).PTI date are obtained from a sample of Scottish general practices, covering thefull range of age, sex, deprivation and urban/rural classes in Scotland. Figuresare standardised to the age, sex and deprivations distribution of the Scottish population.Estimates are shown in the following table.

Calendar Year	Estimated Number of Patients Diagnosed	% of Overall Population
2000	241,100	4.5
2001	241,800	4.5
2002	246,300	4.6
2003	239,000	4.5

 

Between 1% and 2% of the populationare estimated to have a severe and enduring mental illness such as schizophrenicor bipolar disorder.

 

Most requests for informationare handled routinely and not all are recorded or counted centrally. In line withcentrally produced guidance, some requests for information are notified to the ScottishExecutive’s FOI Unit and recorded centrally. The Scottish Executive have publisheda report on information requests handling in the Scottish Executive for requestsreceived during 1 January to 31 December 2005; this is available in the Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Bib. number 39491) and on the Freedom of Informationpages of the Scottish Executive website. The report shows the number of requestsnotified to the FOI Unit for each week in 2005. A report on the information requestshandling in the Scottish Executive for the first six months of 2006 will be publishedlater in the year.

The information requested isnot held centrally.

The information requested ispublished by ISD and copies are available in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 39645).

Table 1 provides a breakdownof the number of males aged (a) 14 to 16, (b) 17 to 19 and (c) 20 to 22 dischargedfrom Scottish acute and general hospitals with a diagnosis of alcohol dependencein each year since 2000, broken down by NHS board area.

Table 2 provides a breakdownof the number of males aged (a) 14 to 16, (b) 17 to 19 and (c) 20 to 22 dischargedfrom Scottish mental illness hospitals and psychiatric units with a diagnosis ofalcohol dependence in 2000-01 and 2001-02, broken down by NHS board area.

Information for later years isnot yet available.

The information requested ispublished by ISD and copies are available in the Scottish ParliamentInformation Centre (Bib. number 39646).

Table 1 provides a breakdownof the number of females aged (a) 14 to 16, (b) 17 to 19 and (c) 20 to 22 dischargedfrom Scottish acute and general hospitals with a diagnosis of alcohol dependencein each year since 2000, broken down by NHS board area.

Table 2 provides a breakdownof the number of females aged (a) 14 to 16, (b) 17 to 19 and (c) 20 to 22 dischargedfrom Scottish mental illness hospitals and psychiatric units with a diagnosis ofalcohol dependence in 2000-01 and 2001-02, broken down by NHS board area.

Information for later years isnot yet available.

The average cost per in-patientweek in psychiatric services is given in the following table:

 General Psychiatry Services - Cost Per In-Patient Week(£)

	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
NHS Argyll and Clyde	775	910	987	1,092	1,229	1,335
NHS Ayrshire and Arran	1,033	1,251	1,390	1,481	1,518	1,800
NHS Borders	1,458	1,444	1,286	1,546	1,392	1,296
NHS Dumfries and Galloway	981	1,244	1,109	1,182	1,203	1,576
NHS Fife	850	954	982	1,066	1,188	1,412
NHS Forth Valley	904	1,045	1,054	1,154	1,181	1,313
NHS Grampian	959	1,054	1,063	1,182	1,330	1,392
NHS Greater Glasgow	785	768	1,085	1,063	1,167	1,297
NHS Highland	1,102	1,250	1,443	1,680	1,951	1,675
NHS Lanarkshire	842	887	945	1,017	1,200	1,376
NHS Lothian	888	1,017	1,202	1,349	1,354	1,555
NHS Orkney	1,044	1,767	1,344	1,743	3,517	2,449
NHS Tayside	981	1,136	1,253	1,378	1,505	1,711
NHS Western Isles	1,325	1,409	1,350	1,390	1,403	1,329
State Hospital	1,431	1,683	1,860	2,013	2,073	2,511
National Average	917	1,018	1,148	1,239	1,338	1,496

Source: Scottish Health ServiceCosts.

The Scottish Health Survey 2003and the 2004 National Scottish Survey of Public Attitudes to Mental Health, MentalWell-being and Mental Health Problems (Well? What do you think?), found thatrespondents’ experience of mental ill-health and their scores on a widely used standardmeasure of mental distress and psychological ill-health were both strongly relatedto a range of socioeconomic characteristics, including income, ease of managingon income and area deprivation. These add to an existing body of evidence, whichis summarised in the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister’s 2004 report entitledMental Health and Social Exclusion.

This information is not heldcentrally.

The specific information requestedis not collected centrally. However, figures for Adolescent Psychiatry (patientsaged between 13 and 17 years) are given in the following table.

Table 1. Average Staffed Bedsin Adolescent Psychiatric Specialties by NHS Board

NHS Board	Financial Year Ending 31st March
	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005P
Scotland	48	43	38	32	35
Dumfries and Galloway	12	-	-	-	-
Fife	10	10	3	-	-
Greater Glasgow	10	14	16	16	16
Lothian	9	12	12	12	12
Tayside	7	7	7	4	7

Source ISD(S)1

^PData for year ending March 2005 are provisional.

The information requested isgiven in the following table.

Table 1. Average Staffed Bedsin Psychiatric Specialties by NHS Board

NHS Board	Financial Year Ending 31 March
	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005P
Scotland	8,145	7,745	7,345	7,145	6,950	6,558
Argyll and Clyde	949	916	882	857	829	786
Ayrshire and Arran	433	424	405	400	394	394
Borders	153	145	142	129	143	131
Dumfries and Galloway	282	180	159	149	157	172
Fife	589	547	522	487	477	464
Forth Valley	369	359	359	351	342	340
Grampian	733	686	659	657	604	547
Greater Glasgow	1,440	1,442	1,337	1,301	1,257	1,158
Highland	261	258	257	226	222	216
Lanarkshire	832	829	787	788	791	714
Lothian	1,208	1,138	1,131	1,135	1,109	1,021
Tayside	853	778	665	623	585	575
Western Isles	43	43	40	41	41	42

Source ISD(S)1.

^PData for year ending March 2005 are provisional.