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Publication, Part of HES-MHLD Data Linkage Report
HES-MHLDDS Data Linkage Report, Summary Statistics - Oct 15
Official statistics- Publication Date:
- 5 Feb 2016
- Geographic Coverage:
- England
- Geographical Granularity:
- Country
- Date Range:
- 01 Oct 2015 to 31 Oct 2015
Summary
Please note: The Monthly MHLDS Report published on 23 February 2016 will cover November 2015 final data and December 2016 provisional data and be the last publication of Monthly MHLDS Reports. On 31 March 2016 the first release of the Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics from the new version of the data set (MHSDS) will be published, (there is no refresh MHLDDS submission for December as this would coincide with the first submission MHSDS for January data.) This means there will not be a release of December 2015 Final data, therefore as this report utilises final data only the last linkage of HES-MHLDS available will use November 2015 (final data) this will be published on 4 March 2016. Future linkages between HES (Hospital Episode Statistics) and MHSDS (Mental Health Services Data Set) are likely to recommence around Summer 2016, further details will be published in due course.
In addition a Methodological Change paper is available and describes these changes in detail, see link below.
This is the latest monthly (October 2015) statistical publication in relation to the linked HES (Hospital Episode Statistics) and MHLDDS (Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Data Set) data.
The two data sets have been linked using specific patient identifiers collected in HES and MHLDDS. The linkage allows the data sets to be linked in this manner from 2006-07; however, this report focuses on patients who were present in the two data sets from April 2015.
The bridging file used for this publication was also released on 05 February 2016; it utilises the latest published provisional (Monthly) HES data and year-to-date MHLDDS data relating to October 2015.
The HES-MHLDDS linkage provides the ability to undertake national (within England) analysis along acute patient pathways for mental health and learning disability service users' interactions with acute secondary care.
Highlights
There are approximately 1.49 million individuals who are recorded as being users of Adult Mental Health (MH) and/or Learning Disability (LD) services (within MHLDDS) during the period April 2015 to October 2015 Throughout this report this group will be referred to as service users, the remaining population are therefore referred to as non-service users (meaning they have not accessed MH and/or LD services).
• Of these, approximately 1.44 million MH and/or LD service users are aged 18 or over and can be linked to HES, of this subset in April 2015 to October 2015:
- it is estimated that around 396,000 (or 28 per cent) had at least one inpatient episode of care
- it is estimated that around 890,000 (or 62 per cent) had at least one outpatient appointment
- it is estimated that around 487,000 (or 34 per cent) had at least one A&E attendance
- it is estimated that around 1,044,000 (or 73 per cent) accessed at least one hospital service (inpatient episodes of care, outpatients appointment or A&E attendance)
Comparing the frequency of access to hospital services (inpatient episodes of care, outpatient appointments or A&E attendances) between service users and non-service users:
• Service users who accessed hospital services during April 2015 to October 2015 did so more frequently, approximately 1.8 times as often, as the corresponding Non service user population.
Resources
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