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Mental Health & Learning Disability: Hospital and community occupied bed days commissioned for people with a mental illness
England	Millions

Commissioned for residents of health authorities	1992-93	1993-94	1994-95	1995-96	1996-97	1997-98	1998-99
Hospital occupied bed days	14.0	12.7	12.4	12.1	11.8	11.5	11.2
Community occupied bed days	2.4	2.8	3.2	3.4	3.8	4.2	4.4

Source: Common Information Core, Outturn	Contact:Paul Steele 0113 2546124 (email: paul.steele@doh.gsi.gov.uk)
See General Notes Section

• Between 1992-93 and 1998-99 the number of hospital occupied bed days commissioned for people with a mental illness fell by 20% to 11.2 million.  
• During the same period, occupied bed days commissioned in the community for people with a mental illness rose by 85% to 4.4 million.  

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