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<p>Statistics on the use of police cars as ambulances are not collected by the Home
Office.<br><br>However, experimental data published by the Health and Social Care
Information Centre (HSCIC) publication, "Inpatients formally detained in hospitals
under the Mental Health Act 1983 and patients subject to Supervised Community <br>Treatment
Annual Figures, England 2012/13", suggested that in a sample offorces, just under
74% of those detained under section 136 of the Mental HealthAct 1983 and taken to
a hospital based place of safety were transported by<br>the police rather than ambulance.<br><br>More
details can be found in the HSCIC publication here: <a href="http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB12503"
target="_blank">http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB12503</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>
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