Table 2.

Changes in service provision and hospital management: 2001–2002 vs 2010–2011 (n=31)

	2001–2002	2010–2011	p value*
Total episodes	4150	7599
Specialist mental health assessment†
Median, % (IQR %)	55 (44–71)	58 (45–70)	0.85
Admission to medical ward
Median, % (IQR %)	39 (29–58)	54 (41–63)	0.02
Specialist mental health follow-up† (including admission)
Median, % (IQR %)	51 (46–63)	38 (26–48)	<0.001
Referral to non-statutory mental health/voluntary/other services†
Median, % (IQR %)	14 (7–20)	15 (8–23)	0.24
Referral to GP†
Median, % (IQR %)	36 (22–45)	36 (15–64)	0.30
Psychiatric admission†
Median, % (IQR %)	9 (7–15)	7 (4–12)	0.05
Total service scale score
Overall score (%)	375.5/651 (58)	442/651 (68)
Median (IQR)	11.5 (10–14)	14.5 (11.5–16)	0.006

*p Value for Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed ranks test.

†Calculated from 30 hospitals (we did not have access to mental health data for one of the sites).

GP, general practitioner.