Defence written question – answered at on 30 November 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel were referred to the Priory Clinic in each rank as (a) in-patients and (b) out-patients in each of the last 12 months.
The number of service personnel referred in each of the last 12 months to a Priory Group facility for treatment is as follows:
Month | In-patient | Out-patient |
November 2005 | 28 | 0 |
December 2005 | 20 | 0 |
January 2006 | 26 | 0 |
February 2006 | 19 | 0 |
March 2006 | 42 | 0 |
April 2006 | 21 | 0 |
May 2006 | 23 | 0 |
June 2006 | 31 | 3 |
July 2006 | 17 | 3 |
August 2006 | 17 | 2 |
September 2006 | 32 | 3 |
October 2006 | 24 | 5 |
Providing information by rank could only be obtained by accessing each individual's personal medical-in-confidence records and would risk identifying individuals in some cases.
Routine out-patient treatment for service personnel is provided by the Defence Medical Services at their Departments of Community Mental Health. Exceptionally, where a consultant states that a patient requires a short course of out-patient follow-up or continuation of therapy (e.g. Cognitive Behavioural Therapy) MOD may give authority for this to be delivered by the Priory Group.
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