How many patients at the State Hospital, Carstairs, are waiting for a placement in a medium secure unit.

At the end of August, there were 230 patients from Scotland and Northern Ireland being cared for at the State Hospital, 42 of whom had been assessed by State Hospital clinicians as being ready for transfer. For 10 out of the 42 clinical agreement had been reached with the prospective receiving clinicians that these patients were suitable for transfer to a medium secure unit.
Based on two needs assessments that have been carried out over the last five years, it is expected that the numbers of patients at the State Hospital will reduce over time, with around 100 patients being cared for in other levels of security, including medium secure units.