Question NW3016 to the Minister of Health
28 September 2023 - NW3016
Clarke, Ms M to ask the Minister of Health
What (a) total number of patients were treated for mental healthrelated illness in (i) psychiatric hospitals, (ii) emergency departments and (iii) outpatient departments in (aa) 2019, (bb) 2020, (cc) 2021, (dd) 2022 and (ee) 2023 and (b) is the breakdown of the total in terms of (i) provincial and (ii) regional hospitals?
Reply:
The information provided below was accessed the National Health Information System (DHIS)
|
Psychiatric hospitals |
Provincial hospital |
Regional hospital |
|
|
Total number of patients treated for mental health related illness in psychiatric hospitals (outpatients departments) |
Total number of patients treated for mental health related illness in emergency and outpatients’ departments (ambulatory services) |
Total number of patients treated for mental health related illness in emergency and outpatients’ departments (ambulatory services) |
|
|
2019 |
209396 |
47860 |
152340 |
|
2020 |
110982 |
57467 |
140785 |
|
2021 |
75284 |
57763 |
152147 |
|
2022 |
81568 |
67271 |
167223 |
|
2023 (January-July) |
45486 |
46207 |
99627 |
NB:
- Specialised psychiatric hospitals do not have emergency departments
- The statistics for emergency and outpatients departments in provincial and regional hospitals are not separated in the DHIS.
END.