Summary of mental health crisis admissions to Great Ormond Street Hospital during the first wave of COVID-19 between 1 March and 31 May 2020.
| Duration of admission | Days |
| Mean length of stay | 3.9 |
| SD for average length of stay | 3.5 |
| Longest length of stay | 13 |
| Shortest stay | 0 |
| Admission characteristics | n |
| Number of patients | 36 |
| Total number of admissions | 39 |
| Number of readmissions | 3 |
| Mean age (years) | 15 |
| SD for age | 2 |
| Admission diagnoses | n (%) |
| Self harm and suicidal behaviour (DSH/suicidal ideation) | 17 (44) |
| Affective symptoms: anxiety and low mood | 6 (15) |
| Psychotic presentations: psychotic, hypomania and mania | 1 (3) |
| Behavioural issues: agitation/withdrawal/mutism | 4 (10) |
| Substance misuse | 0 |
| Somatisation/functional presentations | 3 (8) |
| Social issues/out of parental control | 1 (3) |
| Disordered eating | 5 (13) |
| No information | 2 (5) |
| Mental health act admissions status | n (%) |
| Number of voluntary admissions | 26 (67) |
| Number of section 2 | 6 (15) |
| Number of section 5.2 | 5 (13) |
| Number of section 3 | 2 (5) |
| Nursing ratios | n (%) |
| Number of patients under general observation | 5 (13) |
| Number of patients under 1 to 1 supervision | 22 (56) |
| Number of patients under 2 to 1 supervision | 9 (23) |
| Number of patients under 3 to 1 supervision | 3 (8) |
| Ward intervention | n |
| Number of episodes of sedation | 4 |
| Number of episodes of restraint | 9 |
| Discharge location | n |
| Number of discharges to home/family member | 22 |
| Number of discharges to tier 4 | 11 |
| Discharges to social care | 3 |
| Discharges to specialist ASD service | 1 |
ASD, Autism Spectrum Disorder; DSH, Deliberate Self Harm.