New emergency orders granted by health board area, with or without MHO consent, and by time granted, quarterly data
Summary
For Scotland as a whole, 67% of all emergency detention certificates (EDCs) granted in the quarter had the consent of a mental health officer (MHO). 70% were granted out of hours (Table 80). Overall, 33% of EDCs in Scotland did not have MHO consent, a slight decrease from 36% last quarter.
The law says that MHO consent for emergency detention should be sought where practicable. Table 79 shows variations between NHS board areas. Lanarkshire and Ayrshire and Arran show a relatively high proportion of EDCs granted out of hours without MHO consent at 53% and 45%. These Health Boards are followed closely by Dumfries and Galloway and Greater Glasgow and Clyde with rates of 31% and 36% respectively. (This is leaving aside figures for Island Health Boards where sample size is very small.)
Table 79: Emergency orders by time granted, MHO consent and Health Board, January to March 2009
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Table 80: Emergency orders by MHO consent, time granted and Health Board, January - March 2009
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May 2009
