This dashboard displays the indicative OPEL of a Trust. This OPEL will be self-calculated from information submitted into the data collection form within the following fields:

• Bed Occupancy %
• Section 136 Suite – No. of empty suite spaces
• Section 136 breaches
• Patients waiting to be admitted from all settings (admission referrals)
• Completed discharges
• Patients fit for discharges
• Number of Trust adult patients placed in a mental health bed outside of the Trust
• Beds closed to admission

Please see Appendix 2 for OPEL calculation parameters, Additional information in relation to OPEL can be found at https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/operational-pressures-escalation-levels-framework-v2.pdf