Inpatient census 2022: hospital based complex clinical care and long stay

Results from the Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care (HBCCC) and Long Stay Census, carried out in April 2022. The data was collected as part of the Inpatient Census.


Executive summary

This report presents the results from the Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care (HBCCC) & Long Stay (LS) Census, which was carried out by the Scottish Government and NHS Boards as at 23:59, 11 April 2022. 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 2022 Census are treated in Mental Health or Learning Disability Inpatient Beds. Hospital Based Complex Clinical Care & Long Stay, NHS Scotland, April 2022 Census
There were 949 HBCCC or LS patients treated in Mental Health or Learning Disability Inpatients Beds, 158 of these patients were treated in Out of NHS Scotland Placements and 143 of these patients were treated in General Acute Hospitals.

Contact

Email: MHIC@gov.scot

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