Version: 1.0.1 | Published: 1 Dec 2025 | Updated: 44 days ago
Out of Area Placements
Dataset
Summary
Reference Code:
SCCI2213
Type:
Collections
Applies To:
- Mental Health Trusts
- Independent Sector Healthcare Providers
Assurance Expiry Date:
31 March 2024
Topics:
Adult
Care Settings:
- Hospital
- Mental health
Alternate Name:
OAPs
Publication Date:
04 November 2021
Contact Point
Contact Point:
Collection/Extraction Details
Collection Level:
Record level
Frequency:
Dataset publication or collection occurs once a month.
Documentation
Associated Media:
Description:
The purpose of this collection is to improve patient care and ultimately to eliminate the practice of inappropriately sending patients out of area to receive acute inpatient care.
An “out of area placement” is defined as happening when:
A patient with assessed acute mental health needs who requires non-specialised inpatient care (Integrated Care Board (ICB) commissioned) is admitted to a unit that does not form part of the usual local network of services.
Review & Status
Contributor:
Department of Health and Social Care
Scope:
NHS-funded mental health care providers in England, providing local acute mental
health services and having responsibility for sending any patient out of area.
This includes both NHS and independent sector providers.
Technical Committee:
Standardisation Committee for Care Information (SCCI)
Mandated:
Yes
Status:
active
Legal Authority 1
Legal Authority:
Section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Legal Authority Description:
This standard is published under section 250 of the Health and Social Care Act
2012.
Legal Authority 2
Legal Authority:
Section 259 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012
Legal Authority 3
Legal Authority:
NHS standard contract
Origin
Name:
NHSE-SD Data Catalogue