Mental health detentions rise

The number of patients being placed in detention and receiving Community Treatment Orders (CTOs) increased in 2011/12 according to a report by the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC), published last month. The report, Inpatients formally detained in hospitals under the Mental Health Act 1983, and patients subject to supervised community treatment, annual figures, England 2011/12, found that the number of detentions in NHS and independent hospitals reached 48,600 last year, an increase of 2,300 (5%) on the previous year.