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<p>During the period 1 October 2017 to 31 March 2018, the National Reporting and Learning
System (NRLS) recorded 12,405 cases of ‘missing or absconded patient’ from a National
Health Service trust hospital in England and Wales, including incidents involving
a mental health patient. This category on the NRLS also includes patients who left
without signing a ‘discharge against medical advice’ form and those who failed to
return from agreed leave, on time.</p><p> </p><p>The attached tables show a breakdown
of these cases by NHS trust for both England and Wales respectively. If a NHS trust
does not appear in these tables, this is because the number of incidents is ‘0’.</p><p>
</p><p>During the same period, the NRLS recorded 6,186 cases of ‘missing or absconded
patient’ involving a mental health patient in England and Wales. This breaks down
as 5,946 in England and 240 in Wales. This category on the NRLS also includes patients
who left without signing a ‘discharge against medical advice’ form and those who failed
to return from agreed leave on time.</p>
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