How many voluntary patients were treated in acute psychiatric beds in each NHS board area in each of the last five years.

It is not possible to determine from national sources patients who were treated specifically in beds allocated for acute care. The following table shows the total number of individuals who were informally admitted to a psychiatric hospital or unit, excluding patients admitted to the specialty of Psychiatry of Old Age, on at least one occasion during the year specified. It is likely that some of the patients included in the table will have been admitted for reasons other than for acute care. The figures for year ending March 2002 are not yet available.Patients Informally Admitted1,2 to Mental Illness Hospitals or Psychiatric Units in Scotland3; April 1997 to March 20014; Psychiatric Specialties Excluding Psychiatry of Old AgeHealth Board of Residence5 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001P
Scotland | 13,588 | 13,629 | 13,290 | 13,044
Argyll and Clyde | 1,533 | 1,490 | 1,507 | 1,445
Ayrshire and Arran | 1,183 | 1,139 | 1,045 | 1,011
Borders | 286 | 293 | 273 | 266
Dumfries and Galloway | 460 | 423 | 379 | 405
Fife | 803 | 805 | 762 | 696
Forth Valley | 627 | 609 | 529 | 603
Grampian | 1,040 | 1,171 | 1,093 | 1,058
Greater Glasgow | 2,568 | 2,554 | 2,590 | 2,607
Highland | 580 | 675 | 648 | 745
Lanarkshire | 1,231 |