Inpatient census 2019: hospital based complex clinical care and long stay

Executive summary

This report presents the results from the Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care (HBCCC) & Long Stay Census, which was carried out by the Scottish Government and NHS Boards as at 23:59, 28 March 2019. The data was collected as part of the Inpatient Census. Data is presented for all HBCCC and Long Stay patients from all three parts of the Census. This includes patients within NHS Scotland facilities (e.g. acute general hospitals, community hospitals, psychiatric hospitals) as well as those patients funded by NHS Scotland but treated in non-NHS Scotland facilities (e.g. NHS England hospitals).

Figure 1: The large majority of HBCCC or LS patients in the 2019 Census are treated in Mental Health or Learning Disability Inpatient Beds
Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care & Long Stay, NHS Scotland, March 2019 Census