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Assertive Outreach Teams

Volume 489: debated on Tuesday 10 March 2009

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Mr. Swire

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many assertive outreach teams there were in (a) England, (b) the South West, (c) Devon and (d) East Devon in each of the last 10 years. (261788)

Phil Hope

The total number of assertive outreach (AO) teams in England from September 2000 to March 2008 is provided in the following table.

We do not hold data requested for the South West Strategic Health Authority (SHA) or the Devon and East Devon areas centrally. However, what data the Department holds about AO teams in the South West and the Devon Partnership Trust are also represented in the table.

Mental Health Services: Assertive outreach teams in England, South West SHA and in Devon Partnership Trust from the year 2000 to present

Assertive outreach teams

England

South West

Devon Partnership Trust

September 2000

130

n/a

n/a

September 2001

180

n/a

n/a

September 2002

197

1—

1

September 2003

251

1—

7

September 2004

255

1—

4

March 2005

262

1—

4

January 2006

252

29

4

March 2007

251

27

4

March 2008

249

28

4

n/a = Data not available

1 Data are in old SHA format, data not comparable

Source:

Durham mapping 2000 to 2006

From March 2006: Mental Health Strategies