5. Work undertaken by MHOs
This section of the report looks at the work specifically undertaken by a MHO.
5.1 Rota Duty
Table 19 shows that the number of MHOs on daytime rota duty has increased from 481 in 2010 to 529 in 2011, an increase of 10.0%. Looking at the numbers since 2007, there has been an increase of 14.6% in the number of MHOs on daytime duty.
The number of MHOs on out-of-hours rota duty has relatively stable expect for a small drop in 2008, this year 136 MHOs worked on the out-of-hours rota. In 2011, 102 daytime MHOs worked on the out-of-hours rota, this is the highest ever number.
Figure 9: Number of MHOs on rota duties, 2007 to 2011
1 Includes Orkney data based on 2010 return
Table 19: Number ofMHOs on rota duties, 2006 to 2010
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 1 |
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Currently on daytime duty | 461 | 455 | 492 | 481 | 529 |
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Currently on out-of-hours rota duty | 127 | 116 | 127 | 132 | 136 |
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Daytime MHOs working out-of-hours | 96 | 64 | 89 | 89 | 102 |
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1 Includes Orkney data based on 2010 return
5.2 Mentally disordered offender ( MDO) work undertaken by MHOs
This section of the report examines the specific types of work undertaken by MHOs in relation to mentally disordered offenders ( MDO). This question has been in the survey since 2007 and it asks about three specific types of MDO work:
- Assessment & Treatment Orders
- Compulsion Orders
- Designated MHO for a restricted patient
It is possible that a MHO will not be involved in any MDO work or that they may work on more than one type of work during the year, this will depend on the size of a Local Authority and the number of offenders in a year.
The number of MHOs undertaking assessment & treatment orders shown in Table 20 has increased from 147 in 2009 to 167 in 2011. This is just over a 103% increase when compared with 82 in 2007. Table 20 also shows that there were 152 MHOs working on compulsion orders in 2007, this decreased in 2008 to 138 and decreased further in 2009 to 134. In 2010 the number of MHO's working on compulsion orders increased to 144, and have increased again in 2011 to 160. The number of MHOs who are the designated officer for a restricted patient has increased by 1.3%, from 154 in 2010 to 156 in 2011.
Figure 10: Number of MHOs undertaking MDO work by work type, 2007 to 2011
1 Not every Local Authority was able to provide a response by specific work types.
2 Includes Orkney data based on 2010 return
Table 20: Number of MHOs undertaking MDO work by work type, 2007 to 2011
Work area's undertaken by MHOs | Number of MHOs undertaking work |
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2007 | 2008 1 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 2 |
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Assessment & Treatment Orders | 82 | 161 | 147 | 146 | 167 |
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Compulsion Orders | 152 | 138 | 134 | 144 | 160 |
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Designated MHO for a Restricted Patient | 161 | 154 | 168 | 154 | 156 |
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1 Not every Local Authority was able to provide a response by specific work types.
2 No Orkney data included
The figures in Table 21 show that the majority of MDO cases are undertaken by MHOs on specialist MH teams, this increased from 74.1% in 2007 to 81.8% in 2008 and remained at a similar level in 2009. In 2010 this decreased substantially to 73.0%, before rising to 78.7% on 2011.
Table 21: Number of MHOs undertaking MDO work by MH team, 2007 to 2011
| MHO numbers | Percentage of yearly total |
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2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 1 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 1 |
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Specialist MH team | 183 | 229 | 173 | 176 | 203 | 74.1% | 81.8% | 81.6% | 73.0% | 78.7% |
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Non-specialist MH Team | 64 | 51 | 39 | 65 | 55 | 25.9% | 18.2% | 18.4% | 27.0% | 21.3% |
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Total | 247 | 280 | 212 | 241 | 258 | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% | 100.0% |
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1 No Orkney data included