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Salisbury Foundation Trust

FOI_8614

Internal Reference Number: FOI_8614

Date Request Received: 30/04/2025 00:00:00

Date Request Replied To: 01/07/2025 00:00:00

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Request Summary: Dementia patients

Request Category: Private Individuals

 
Question Number 1:
Please can you tell me over the last five financial years how many people with a dementia diagnosis have been detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 under section 2 or section 3 of the act.

Please specify whether section 2 or section 3 was used.
 
Answer To Question 1:
187 patients have been detained from 2020 - 2024 - unable to specify whether Section 2 or Section 3.
 
Question Number 2:
Please specify where each person was detained i.e. name of ward
 
Answer To Question 2:
Information not recorded.
 
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