Publication, Part of Mental Health Act Statistics, Annual Figures
Mental Health Act Statistics, Annual Figures, 2025-26
Official statistics, National statistics, Accredited official statistics
Are all organisations submitting data about the Act?
Types of organisations submitting data
Not all organisations are yet submitting data about the Act in the MHSDS, or the Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS). Compared to 2015-16 coverage is highest amongst NHS mental health providers and NHS Acute providers. It is lowest amongst Independent Service Providers (ISPs) where submissions remain lower than in 2015-16.
But even amongst organisations submitting data, some of the data are not complete. Some are not submitting data of sufficient quality to allow accurate detention statistics to be derived from the record-level data, resulting in a shortfall.
Therefore comparisons to aggregate detentions data from the KP90 return up to 2015-16 should be interpreted with caution.
Last edited: 15 October 2026 4:56 pm