Fabricated and induced illness

Dyddiad y datganiad:
9 August 2018

You asked

Please provide the following information:

  1. The number of cases involving Fabricated and Induced Illness (FII), also previously known as Munchausen by Proxy syndrome (MBPS), per year, that have been investigated* since 2008, in:

a. England

b. Wales

c. Scotland

d. Hampshire, England

*investigations can be further broken down by investigatory authority:

  1. Social Services (local authority)

  2. The police

  3. Any other agency, such as the NHS

We said

Thank you for your enquiry.

You asked for numbers of cases involving Fabricated and Induced Illness or Munchausen by Proxy syndrome that have been investigated. We do not hold data on investigations by the police, social services or any other agency.

You may be able to get information on NHS patients who had these diagnoses recorded as the reason for a hospital admission from NHS Digital. You may be able to get further information, or advice on possible sources of data, from the Department of Health and Social Care.

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