To ask the Scottish Government what the 28-day hospital readmission rate following discharge from a mental health specialty was for patients aged (a) under 18, (b) 19 to 44, (c) 45 to 64 and (d) 65 and over in each of the last three years, broken down by NHS board. The following table shows the latest figures for the number of discharges from mental health hospitals (SMR04) that have a subsequent readmission to a mental health hospital within 28 days. 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 1 NHS Board of Residence and Age Group Number of readmissions % of all discharges Number of readmissions % of all discharges Number of readmissions % of all discharges Ayrshire and Arran Under 18 * 8.7 * 13 - - 18 to 44 71 13.0 52 10.6 - - 45 to 64 32 9.6 29 8.4 - - 65 and over 12 5.2 9 3.6 - - Borders Under 18 * 10 - - * 10.0 18 to 44 21 12.7 15 10.9 18 13.3 45 to 64 13 13.5 10 11.8 9 10.8 65 and over 5 4.8 * 2.6 * 2.6 Fife Under 18 - - - - - - 18 to 44 65 13.6 55 12.9 62 13.9 45 to 64 37 12.8 32 13.6 35 12.5 65 and over 28 10.4 16 5.9 16 5.9 Greater Glasgow and Clyde Under 18 7 13.2 * 6.4 * 2.5 18 to 44 207 11.4 145 9.3 152 10.0 45 to 64 113 9.8 79 8.3 90 9.0 65 and over 52 5.8 41 5.1 29 3.9 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 1 NHS Board of Residence and Age Group Number of readmissions % of all discharges Number of readmissions % of all discharges Number of readmissions % of all discharges Highland Under 18 - - - - * 14.3 18 to 44 37 9.6 42 10.3 35 8.3 45 to 64 17 6.5 22 6.8 23 7.2 65 and over 14 5.2 13 4.6 16 6.0 Lanarkshire Under 18 * 9.7 * 13.8 * 8.9 18 to 44 77 9.9 89 11.8 75 10.1 45 to 64 47 10.1 48 10.4 40 9.1 65 and over 27 7.0 22 6.9 15 4.8 Grampian Under 18 * 11.8 * 12.5 * 18.2 18 to 44 53 12.1 70 13.8 84 15.2 45 to 64 52 13.8 41 11.9 60 15.5 65 and over 35 8.4 31 7.5 22 5.6 Orkney Under 18 - - - - - - 18 to 44 * 20.0 * 7.7 * 9.1 45 to 64 - - - - * 10.0 65 and over - - - - - - Lothian Under 18 10 21.3 6 10.9 6 10.2 18 to 44 104 11.2 105 11.2 109 11.0 45 to 64 57 9.3 61 10.1 61 9.7 65 and over 39 6.1 50 8.1 28 4.6 Tayside Under 18 - - * 4.8 * 13.6 18 to 44 84 12.4 71 11.3 60 11.0 45 to 64 33 8.0 26 7.0 45 11.7 65 and over 35 7.8 23 6.2 33 8.1 Forth Valley Under 18 * 10.0 - - * 14.3 18 to 44 58 15.3 52 14.1 36 10.3 45 to 64 12 6.8 12 6.3 14 7.3 65 and over 10 5.1 9 4.4 6 2.8 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 1 NHS Board of Residence and Age Group Number of readmissions % of all discharges Number of readmissions % of all discharges Number of readmissions % of all discharges Western Isles Under 18 - - - - - - 18 to 44 - - * 8.0 * * 45 to 64 * 15.0 * 18.2 * 14.3 65 and over * 17.4 * 5.6 - - Dumfries and Galloway Under 18 * 25.0 * 12.5 * 14.3 18 to 44 22 11.3 38 18.3 23 13.9 45 to 64 20 14.1 22 15.0 11 9.8 65 and over 11 9.2 11 8.3 17 15.7 Shetland Under 18 - - - - - - 18 to 44 - - * 6.3 - - 45 to 64 - - * 28.6 - - 65 and over - - - - - - Notes: It should be noted that due to the implementation of a new patient management system, information for NHS Ayrshire and Arran for the year to 31 March 2012, is not available *Indicates values that have been suppressed due to the potential risk of disclosure These statistics are derived from data collected from psychiatric hospitals (SMR04) in Scotland.