Written Question · S4W-23251 · Session 4
How many child and adolescent mental health service beds there are for people (a) up to 18, (b) who are severely intellectually disabled, (…
The question
To ask the Scottish Government how many child and adolescent mental health service beds there are for people (a) up to 18, (b) who are severely intellectually disabled, (c) who are moderately intellectually disabled, (d) with a severe autistic spectrum disorder and (e) requiring low secure beds, also broken down by NHS board.
The answer
Where appropriate, children and adolescents who are severely and intellectually disabled, or moderately intellectually disabled, or with a severe autistic spectrum disorder may be treated in a child or adolescent mental health inpatient unit. The units provide treatment for a range of issues. The units will treat children and young people with a wide range of needs who require inpatient care, and the beds and staffing will be used flexibly to meet those needs.
The following table shows the three regional adolescent in-patient units operating across Scotland based in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee, and the number of beds available in each unit.
No of beds
Area served
(NHS Board)
12
South East of Scotland
(Lothian, Fife and Borders).
24
West of Scotland (Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Forth Valley, Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway and Ayrshire and Arran)
6 (a further six beds will be available from mid-2015).
North of Scotland (Tayside, Grampian, Highland, Shetland, Orkney and Western Isles)
Severe psychiatric conditions are rare in children under 12, but those who require intensive support and treatment can be cared for in the 9 bedded specialist unit within the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow.
Young people in secures facilities in Scotland can access their local child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). There are no secure inpatient child and adolescent mental health beds in Scotland.
Where very specialist inpatient care is required which cannot be provided by the CAMHS inpatient units, NHS Boards will use the National Services Division nationally-funded service for secure mental health services for adolescents or make individual arrangements with other providers in NHS England or the specialist private sector providers.
The following table shows the three regional adolescent in-patient units operating across Scotland based in Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dundee, and the number of beds available in each unit.
No of beds
Area served
(NHS Board)
12
South East of Scotland
(Lothian, Fife and Borders).
24
West of Scotland (Greater Glasgow and Clyde, Forth Valley, Lanarkshire, Dumfries and Galloway and Ayrshire and Arran)
6 (a further six beds will be available from mid-2015).
North of Scotland (Tayside, Grampian, Highland, Shetland, Orkney and Western Isles)
Severe psychiatric conditions are rare in children under 12, but those who require intensive support and treatment can be cared for in the 9 bedded specialist unit within the Royal Hospital for Sick Children, Yorkhill, Glasgow.
Young people in secures facilities in Scotland can access their local child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). There are no secure inpatient child and adolescent mental health beds in Scotland.
Where very specialist inpatient care is required which cannot be provided by the CAMHS inpatient units, NHS Boards will use the National Services Division nationally-funded service for secure mental health services for adolescents or make individual arrangements with other providers in NHS England or the specialist private sector providers.
In the Official Report
No contribution in the Official Report cites S4W-23251 by reference.