PATTERN OF USE OF SHENLEY HOSPITAL 1982
The following extract is taken from statistics compiled by Peter Jefferys, a psychiatrist at Shenley, and published in 1983
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Admissions During 1982, 994 patients (425 men, 569 women) were admitted to Shenley Hospital, a 19% decrease over 1981. This decrease was due to two main factors: First, the closure of the H Division acute admission ward in June 1982 with the transfer ,of acute admission service for Pinner and Edgware to the Northwick Park Psychiatric Unit: and second,there was restrictions on admissions from May 1982 until November 1982 because of a national campaign of NHS industrial action. Thus A and B Divisions between them admitted 10% less people than in 1981 and achieved a similar admissions figure to 1980. Almost half the hospital’s admissions (47%) were to A Division, just under two-fifths (39% to B Division and the remainder (14%) to H Division. TABLE A INPATIENT ADMISSIONS SHENLEYHOSPITAL Year A-Div B-Div H-Div Total 1973 504 423 618 1545 1974 504 399 408 1311 1975 511 436 265 1212 1976 490 444 248 1182 1977 534 472 296 1292 1978 507 458 280 1245 1979 451 372 289 1112 1980 464 382 260 1106 1981 504 444 285 1233 1982 464 385 145 994 Table B shows the originating address from which patients were admitted to Shenley since 1913. The significant change from the previous five years - apart from the decrease probably due to industrial action - was that the proportion of admissions from Brent increased to about twothirds (65%) at the expense of Harrow whose patients went to Northwick Park Hospital. TABLE B SHENLEY ADMISSIONS HOME: ADDRESS Year L.B. Brent L.B. Ealing L.B. Harrow Other Total No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % 1913 706 46 143 9 595 38 103 7 1545 100 1914 684 142 382 103 1311 1975 719 146 262 85 1212 1976 714 132 228 108 1182 1977 747 146 283 116 1292 1978 729 148 271 97 1245 1979 631 130 273 78 1112 1980 631 51 139 13 252 23 84 7 1106 1981 697 114 265 91 8 1233 1982 643 65 138 14 138 14 75 7 994
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