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Publication, Part of

Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics, Performance April, Provisional May 2022

Official statistics

Publication Date:
14 Jul 2022
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Clinical Commissioning Groups, Councils with Adult Social Services Responsibilities (CASSRs), Independent Sector Health Care Providers, Provider, Mental Health Trusts, Regions, Ambulance Trusts, NHS Trusts, Clinical Commissioning Regions, Country
Date Range:
01 Apr 2021 to 31 May 2022

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Notes on Measures

MHSDS version change

This is the seventh monthly release using data collected under MHSDS version 5.  Please refer to the January 2022 publication for an outline of the changes to the dataset introduced by the move to MHSDS version 5.  Full details of the changes to the dataset are available in the Technical Output Specification and the updated constructions for all measures in this publication are available in the metadata file.

14 July 2022 09:30 AM

Announcement of methodological changes to the Restrictive Intervention Statistics

From Performance April 2022 onwards, the methodology underpinning construction of the restrictive interventions measures has changed.  This was necessary due to the changes within the restrictive interventions dataset tables introduced in MHSDS v5.  The methodological change review involving NHS England, CQC and NHS Digital resulted in an agreed new methodology to calculate the existing set of measures.

For further details, please refer to the Announcement of methodological changes to the Restrictive Intervention Statistics published on 29 June 2022 as well as the the metadata file.

14 July 2022 09:30 AM

Issue with DQ VODIM Metrics DQM57 to DQM62

NHS England have uncovered an issue with the DQ VODIM files associated with this publication. The metrics impacted are DQM57 to DQM62. For these metrics, valid values were incorrectly identified as Invalid.

These values have not been removed or updated but should be disregarded by users when using the VODIM files.

12 December 2023 09:30 AM

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Summary

This publication provides the timeliest picture available of people using NHS funded secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England. These are experimental statistics which are undergoing development and evaluation. This information will be of use to people needing access to information quickly for operational decision making and other purposes. More detailed information on the quality and completeness of these statistics is made available later in our Mental Health Bulletin: Annual Report publication series.

Release of 'End of Year Final' 2022/23 data

'End of Year Final' versions of the main monthly csv files for each month between April 2022 and March 2023, collected under MHSDS version 5, which reflect revised 2022-23 Multiple Submission Window Model submissions that occurred after 'Performance' monthly data had already been published are now available.   These csvs include a complete set of breakdowns, including the national level data that was omitted from the corresponding performance csv released at the time for each month between August 2022 and March 2023.

Please refer to the relevant monthly publication pages available from the Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics series page for further details and to access the 'End of Year Final' 2022-23 data.

COVID-19 and the production of statistics

Due to the coronavirus illness (COVID-19) disruption, the quality and coverage of some of our statistics has been affected, for example by an increase in non-submissions for some datasets. We are also seeing some different patterns in the submitted data. For example, fewer patients are being referred to hospital and more appointments being carried out via phone/telemedicine/email. Therefore, data should be interpreted with care over the COVID-19 period.

Updates to measures

For details of new measures recently introduced, or changes to existing measures, see the 'Notes on measures' page.  This includes details of the some additional demographic breakdowns which have been made available for selected measures for this first time in this publication.  Full details of any changes are also available in the associated Metadata file.

New Mental Health Services Time Series Interactive Power BI Visualisation.

A new interactive Power BI visualisation has been released as part of this publication.  Further details are available in the 'Interactive Tool' section below.

Key Facts Based on 'End of Year Final' data

  • At the end of April, there were 1,587,069 people in contact with services; the majority of these (1,060,664) were in adult mental health services. 
  • There were 385,035 people in contact with children and young people’s mental health services and 187,976 in learning disabilities and autism services.
  • 359,922 new referrals were received into services during April and 1,806,812 care contacts were attended.
  • 21,827 people were subject to the Mental Health Act at the end of April, including 16,499 people detained in hospital.

Key Facts Based on 'Performance' data (superseded by 'End of Year Final' statistics)

  • At the end of April, there were 1,596,853 people in contact with services; the majority of these (1,062,121) were in adult mental health services.
  • There were 388,887 people in contact with children and young people’s mental health services and 193,162 in learning disabilities and autism services.
  • 352,866 new referrals were received into services during April and 1,799,642 care contacts were attended.
  • 21,429 people were subject to the Mental Health Act at the end of April, including 16,463 people detained in hospital.

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Last edited: 12 December 2023 9:14 am