Prisons: Broadmoor Earl Howe asked Her Majesty's Government: What structured programmes there are for the treatment of mentally disordered violent offenders at Broadmoor Hospital; and [HL4006] How many dangerous and severely mentally disordered offenders have been (a) admitted to, and (b) held in Broadmoor Hospital in each of the past five years; and [HL4007] What, during each of the past five years, has been (a) the complement of psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists (whether fully qualified or in training) at Broadmoor Hospital; (b) the number of such professionals who have commenced working there; and (c) the number who have ceased to work there. [HL4008] The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Lord Darzi of Denham) Information about treatment programmes at Broadmoor Hospital is not collected centrally. Decisions about treatment are a matter for the clinicians responsible for the individual patient's care. Information about the number of dangerous and severely mentally disordered offenders admitted to and held in Broadmoor Hospital is not collected centrally. However, information is available about the number of high secure beds commissioned by the National Health Service. The latest available information is for 2006-07. The following table shows the number of high secure beds commissioned at Broadmoor Hospital from 2002-03 to 2006-07. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Year |2002-03|2003-04|2004-05|2005-06|2006-07| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Beds |408 |360 |408 |416 |273 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Source: NHS service level agreements| | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Information about the complement of psychologists, psychotherapists and psychiatrists at Broadmoor Hospital is not collected centrally. Workforce information is held at NHS trust level. Broadmoor Hospital is part of West London Mental Health NHS Trust. The following table shows numbers of qualified non-medical psychotherapy staff and numbers of medical staff within the psychiatry group of specialties, by specialty, within West London Mental Health NHS Trust. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | |2003|2004|2005|2006|2007| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Non-medical staff: Qualified psychotherapy staff |33 |36 |32 |30 |27 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Medical staff: Psychiatry group |208 |236 |242 |252 |259 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Child and adolescent psychiatry |23 |29 |27 |27 |33 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Forensic psychiatry |85 |86 |96 |106 |102 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |General psychiatry |64 |77 |78 |83 |87 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Old age psychiatry |22 |25 |25 |24 |24 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Psychotherapy |14 |19 |16 |12 |13 | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ |Source: The Information Centre for health and social care medical and dental workforce census| | | | | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notes: 1. Staff numbers (headcount) as at 30 September each year 2. West London Mental Health NHS Trust was created in 2001 from a merger of Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham Mental Health NHS Trust and Broadmoor Hospital Authority Information is not available about professionals who have commenced working at Broadmoor Hospital or West London Mental Health NHS Trust and those who have ceased to work there.