Incidents attended due to Mental Health
Freedom of Information Request
- Reference
- 041/23
- Request Date
- 19 Jan 2023
- Response Date
- 09 Feb 2023
- Information Requested
- What was the number of ambulance call outs related to mental ill health in each of the following years:
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
2. What was the total number of ambulance call outs in each of the following years. For context, I am looking to work out the proportion of total ambulance call outs each year that were related to mental ill health.
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
3. What were the average on scene times for ambulance call outs related to mental ill health for each of the following years:
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
4. What were the average on scene times for all ambulance call outs for each of the following years:
2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
- What was the number of ambulance call outs related to mental ill health in each of the following years:
- Response
Please see the table below showing the total number of mental health incidents the Scottish ambulance service attended, A count of how many resources attended and the average time on scene between 01/01/2018 – 31/12/2022.
The top table is for all emergency incidents and the bottom table is for emergency incidents with a chief complaint of "Psychiatric" only.
Total Figures and Average Time on Scene for Emergency Incidents, 01/01/2018-31/12/2022
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
All Incidents
Total Incidents
608482
653338
623261
689132
694047
Attendances
600851
633264
572341
604652
602023
Average Time On Scene
35:20
36:42
40:41
41:59
44:35
2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
Psychiatric Incidents
Total Incidents
14794
17081
18369
18187
14823
Attendaces
12151
12932
14274
11590
8738
Average Time On Scene
33:38
34:30
38:54
42:09
48:15
The Scottish Ambulance service is publishing a weekly update of key statistics on unscheduled care operational measures across Scotland. The information includes trends in the number of unscheduled care incidents, responses, conveyances to hospital, response times and hospital turnaround times.
These can be found on our website Unscheduled Care Operational Statistics (scottishambulance.com)
- Response Documents
