Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust

Mental Health

Avon And Wiltshire Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust offers in and outpatient care to people living in Bristol, North Somerset, South Gloucestershire, Swindon and Wiltshire, with some specialist services available to those in the south west.

Some of the services the trust offers include specialist services for children and young people, autism diagnostic service and an eating disorder service. The trust also provides a drug and alcohol substance misuse service to a number of prisons and young offenders institutions, as well as to the wider community.

Figures for this Trust

  • Number of Patient Safety Incidents & harm caused
    April 2020 to March 2021
    • Death
      328
    • Severe
      110
    • Moderate
      1,102
    • Low
      4,001
    • None
      5,549
    Total 11,090
  • Top 3 categories of Patient Safety Incident
    April 2020 to March 2021
    1. Disruptive, aggressive behaviour
    2. Self-harming behaviour
    3. Patient accident

  • Percentage of total
    beds occupied overnight
    October to December 2023
    Percentage of total beds occupied overnight
    86.9%

  • Number of mixed sex
    accommodation breaches
    January 2024
    Number of mixed sex accommodation breaches
    0
  • Percentage of patients followed up within 7 days of mental health discharge
    October to December 2019
    Percentage of patients followed up within 7 days of mental health discharge
    94.6%

  • Number of Never Events and number by category
    Number of Never Events and
    number by category
    1 April 2021 to 31 August 2021
    0
  • Wrong site surgery - 0
  • Retained foreign object post procedure - 0
  • Wrong implant/prosthesis - 0
  • Misplaced naso- or orogastric tubes - 0
  • Overdose of insulin due to abbreviations or incorrect device - 0
  • Administration of medication by the wrong route - 0
  • Overdose of methotrexate for non cancer treatment - 0
  • Failure to install functional collapsible shower or curtain rails - 0
  • Transfusion or transplantation of ABO incompatible blood components or organs - 0
  • Unintentional connection of a patient requiring O2 to an air flowmeter - 0
  • Misselection of high strength midazolam - 0
  • Misselection of a strong potassium solution - 0
  • Falls from poorly restricted windows - 0
  • Chest or neck entrapment in bed rails - 0
  • Scalding of patients - 0