Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census
The database records data on all residents (on 31 March of the census year in question) of psychiatric inpatient facilities on the register of approved centres under the Mental Health Act 2001.
**Purpose:** The census database is a psychiatric inpatient database which captures the number of psychiatric patient’s resident on a certain date for the planning and future development of mental health services and to allow for the prediction of possible future bed and hospital requirements at both national and local levels by service planners, HSE management teams and clinicians.
Coverage is limited to residents in MHC approved centres. Community provision is out of scope.
**Coverage:** All psychiatric units and hospitals operating under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001 and on the register of approved centres under the Mental Health Act.
Data has been collected at various census intervals since 1963.
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Metadata
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Access Rights | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/access-right/RESTRICTED |
| Frequency | http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/frequency/QUARTERLY |
| Id | df88a672-cf4e-4dde-889d-847e5de6d9eb |
| Identifier | NDC-0074 |
| Isopen | True |
| Issued | 1963-01-01 |
| License Id | cc-by |
| License Title | Creative Commons Attribution |
| License Url | http://www.opendefinition.org/licenses/cc-by |
| Max Typical Age | 65 |
| Metadata Created | 2026-03-19T17:16:56.902702 |
| Metadata Modified | 2026-03-19T17:16:56.902705 |
| Min Typical Age | 15 |
| Modified | 2023-03-01 |
| Name | irish-psychiatric-units-and-hospitals-census-74 |
| Notes | The database records data on all residents (on 31 March of the census year in question) of psychiatric inpatient facilities on the register of approved centres under the Mental Health Act 2001. **Purpose:** The census database is a psychiatric inpatient database which captures the number of psychiatric patient’s resident on a certain date for the planning and future development of mental health services and to allow for the prediction of possible future bed and hospital requirements at both national and local levels by service planners, HSE management teams and clinicians. Coverage is limited to residents in MHC approved centres. Community provision is out of scope. **Coverage:** All psychiatric units and hospitals operating under the provisions of the Mental Health Act 2001 and on the register of approved centres under the Mental Health Act. Data has been collected at various census intervals since 1963. |
| Num Resources | 0 |
| Num Tags | 5 |
| Number Of Records | 202114 |
| Number Of Unique Individuals | 364221 |
| Private | False |
| Provenance | Data for the census are collected by each hospital/centre for each inpatient resident on 31 March and returned electronically to the HRB. Data is currently collected every three years and this timeframe is reviewed according to demands for increased or decreased frequency for census data. |
| Title | Irish Psychiatric Units and Hospitals Census |
| Type | dataset |
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