Dáil Éireann díospóireacht -
Wednesday, 27 Jan 1988

Vol. 377 No. 1

Written Answers. - Admission Rates to Mental Hospitals.

269.

Mr. Allen

asked the Minister for Health the number of admission rates to mental hospitals for the treatment of schizophrenia in 1985, 1986 and 1987.

Minister for Health (Dr. O'Hanlon)

The Health Research Board compiles the information requested by the Deputy. The latest figures published by the Health Research Board are for 1984 and I have outlined the number of admissions and admission rates to Irish psychiatric hospitals and units for the treatment of schizophrenia for 1982, 1983 and 1984 in the following tables. The Health Research Board determined the 1982 admission rates by using the 1979 Census of Population and the 1983 and 1984 admission rates by using the 1981 Census of Population.

TABLE 3

Private Psychiatric Hospitals — Number of Admissions for Schizophrenia 1982-1984

Health Board/Hospital	No. of Admissions 1982	No. of Admissions 1983	No. of Admissions 1984
Eastern Health Board Area
Bloomfield Hospital, Dublin	0	1	0
Hampstead, Highfield and Elmhurst, Dublin	0	2	3
Kylemore, Dublin	0	1	0
St. John of God Hospital, Dublin	207	194	214
St. Patrick's Hospital, Dublin	169	164	193
St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview	16	19	16
Palmerston Retreat, Dublin	1	1	0
Verville Retreat, Dublin	1	2	5
North Eastern Health Board AreaAugustinian Home, Ratoath	0	1	0
South Eastern Health Board AreaBelmont Park Hospital, Waterford	33	43	25
Southern Health Board AreaLindville Hospital, Cork	56	39	32
Total No. of Admissions	483	467	488

Note: As private psychiatric hospitals do not have a specific catchment population, it is not possible to calculate their admission rates.

TABLE 1

Public Psychiatric Hospitals — Number of Admissions and Admission Rates for Schizophrenia 1982-1984

Health Board/Hospital	No. of Admissions 1982	Rates per 100,000 Population	No. of Admissions 1983	Rates per 100,000 Population	No. of Admissions 1984	Rates per 100,000 Population
Eastern Health Board Area
St. Brendan's Hospital, Rathdown Rd. and St. Dympna's Unit	517		428		363
St. Loman's Hospital, Palmerstown	353	148.9 1	310	130.5 1	325	128.7 1
St. Vincent's Hospital, Fairview	226		216		208
St. Ita's Hospital, Portrane	119		108		127
Central Mental Hospital, Dundrum	59	Not Applicable	64	Not Applicable	61	Not Applicable
Newcastle Hospital, Wicklow	117	139.4	86	98.3	84	96.1
Midland Health Board Area
St. Fintan's Hospital, Portlaoise	201	187.4	146	133.4	152	138.8
St. Loman's Hospital, Mullingar	282	155.4	253	134.5	325	142.5
Mid-Western Health Board Area
Our Lady's Hospital, Ennis	182	214.3	204	233.0	196	223.8
St. Joseph's Hospital, Limerick	423	336.1 2	424	316.1 2	472	349.5 2
North Eastern Health Board Area
St. Brigid's Hospital, Ardee	104	120.7	108	122.0	124	140
St. Davnet's Hospital, Monaghan	172	165.2	178	169.5	176	167.5
North Western Health Board Area
St. Conal's Hospital, Letterkenny and Unit at General Hospital, Letterkenny	215	176.3	186	148.7	189	151.1
St. Columba's Hospital, Sligo	207	251.1	194	233.5	218	262.4
South Eastern Health Board Area
St. Dympna's Hospital, Carlow	119	108.6	108	95.2	103	90.8
St. Canice's Hospital, Kilkenny	78	112.8	103	145.5	113	159.6
St. Luke's Hospital, Clonmel	196	290.1 3	167	229.2 3	156	206.3 3
St. Otteran's Hospital, Waterford	173	272.7 4	177	251.7 4	197	304 4
St. Senan's Hospital, Enniscorthy	117	121.3	123	124.1	117	118.1
Southern Health Board Area
Our Lady's Hospital, Cork	297	177.7 5	304	171.4 5	215	149.1 5
St. Finan's Hospital, Kilkenny	208	172.8	222	180.0	199	162.1
Western Health Board Area
St. Brigid's Hospital, Ballinasloe	280	304.1	337	360.7	317	339.3
St. Mary's Hospital, Castlebar and Unit at General Hospital, Castlebar	162	142.1	164	142.9	164	142.9
St. Patrick's Hospital, Castlerea	124	228.8	121	221.8	112	205.3
Total	4,931	181.2 1	4,731	168.5 1	4,713	167.6 1

Notes

1 Health Board Hospitals, Dublin — St. Brendan's, Vergemount, St. Dympna's, St. Ita's, St. Loman's, St. Vincent's, St. James's Unit and Cluain Mhuir

2 Health Board Hospitals, Limerick — St. Joseph's and the Psychiatric Unit, Regional Hospital, Limerick

3 Health Board Hospitals, Tipperary — St. Luke's and Unit at St. Joseph's, Clonmel.

4 Health Board Hospitals, Waterford — St. Otteran's and St. Declan's Unit, Ardkeen.

5 Health Board Hospitals, Cork — Our Lady's, St. Stephen's Unit, St. Anne's Unit and Psychiatric Unit, Regional Hospital, Cork.

TABLE 2

Public Psychiatric Units — Number of Admissions and Admission Rates for Schizophrenia 1982-1984¹

Health Board/Hospital	No. of Admissions 1982	No. of Admissions 1983	No. of Admissions 1984
Eastern Health Board Area²
Cluain Mhuire, Dublin	143	161	181
St. Jospeh's Unit, Dublin	90	73	94
Vergemount Unit, Clonskeagh	56	53	32
Mid Western Health Board Area²
Psychiatric Unit, Regional Hospital, Limerick	106	87	93
South Eastern Health Board Area²
St. Michael's Unit, St. Jospeh's Hospital, Clonmel	192	143	123
St. Declan's Unit, Ardkeen, Waterford	65	46	73
Southern Health Board Area²
Psychiatric Unit, St. Stephen's Hospital, Sarsfieldcourt	183	191	147
Psychiatric Unit, Regional Hospital, Cork	153	136	149
St. Anne's Unit, Skibbereen	71	59	89
Western Health Board Area³
Psychiatric Unit, Regional Hospital, Galway	111	119	131
Total	1,170	1,068	1,112

¹The Psychiatric Unit in St. Vincent's Hospital, Elm Park does not report admissions data to the Health Research Board and is, therefore, not included in this table.

²The Admission Rates per 100,000 population to units in these health board areas are shown in Table 1 combined with the Psychiatric hospital rates — see notes on Table 1.

³The Pschyiatric Unit Regional Hospital Galway has a separate catchment population and its admission rates per 100,000 population are 1982, 146.5; 1983, 151.4; and 1984, 166.7.