What counts as hospital admission?

Ames

I've had a couple of forms lately which ask when I was last admitted to hospital. I went to A&E in the summer and was discharged after a few hours, and then spent a few weeks going to the day unit at the hospital (for mental health issues). Do they count as hospital admissions or just treatment?

TIA.

Patronus

I'm pretty sure an admission is when you're an in-patient (spending a night +). If you're just going for daily appointments, you're classed as an out-patient and are therefore not actually admitted into the hospital.

In regards to A&E trips, it would only count as an admission if you were kept in.

I could be wrong and that could've made no sense, forgive me. Late night typing.

M00minMama

For DLA an admission that counts as a stay is more than one night in a hospital ward/unit.
Overnight admissions are not included and neither are day patient appointments.
Although, I've found it is useful to keep full records of when you have attended outpatients/day appointments to demonstrate that you have been assessed medically as needing treatment on a regular basis above and beyond self management at home.

I'm afraid I don't know if this is the case for other benefit departments.

Ames

Thanks, that's really helpful. It's not for benefits, one was for insurance and the other was for medical rehousing.