A summary of the key findings is as follows:
- In 2008, the number of patients detained continued to increase as did the number admitted
- 3,937 detained in hospital at the end of 2008, up one per cent on 2007;
- 1,501 admissions to hospital in 2008, up three per cent on 2007;
- The number admitted under restricted hospital orders increased slightly compared to 2007 figures from 333 to 343 (or 23% of total admissions). The number transferred from prison to hospital increased compared to 2007, to 926 (or 62% of total admissions);
- 1,255 discharges/disposals of restricted patients of whom 499 (or 40%) were discharged into the community in 2008;
- 190 restricted patients recalled to hospital after a conditional discharge, down 20 (or ten per cent) on 2007;
- 1,500 patients were discharged for the first time between 1999 and the end of 2006. Of the 1,331 matched cases (those located on the PNC), seven per cent of those re-offended within two years of discharge. Of those released and matched, two per cent re-offended for violent and sexual offences; one per cent for grave offences.
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