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<p>The First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health), administered by HM Courts & Tribunals
Service (HMCTS), hears applications for the discharge of patients detained in psychiatric
hospitals, and applications to change community treatment orders in England.</p><p>
</p><p>The following table shows the number of First-tier Tribunal (Mental Health)
hearings which took place in England in each year from 2010 to March 2015 (the latest
full year period for which statistics are available).</p><p> </p><p>Year Number of
hearings [1]</p><p>April 2010 - March 2011 17,799</p><p>April 2011 - March 2012 19,330</p><p>April
2012 - March 2013 19,945</p><p>April 2013 - March 2014 22,008</p><p>April 2014 - March
2015 22,246</p><p> </p><p>HMCTS does not hold information on the number of Mental
Health Review Tribunal hearings in Wales. The Mental Health Review Tribunal for Wales
is an independent judicial body administered by the Welsh Government.</p><p> </p><p>1
Although care is taken when processing and analysing the data, the details are subject
to inaccuracies inherent in any large-scale case management system, and are the best
data that are available.</p>
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