Mental health information from NHS Digital and other sources

Bed availability and occupancy

NHS England collects data from all NHS organisations that operate beds, open overnight or day only. It publishes information on the average daily number of beds that are available and occupied by sector (including the Mental Illness sector) and by consultant specialty.

The Mental Health Services Monthly publication also contains data on the number of bed days, the number of bed days less leave and the number of bed days for children (aged 15 and under, 16 and 17) on adult wards in mental health hospitals.

Mental Health Community Teams Activity

The Quarterly Mental Health Community Teams Activity return collects data on the number of patients on Care Programme Approach (CPA) followed up within 7 days of discharge from psychiatric inpatient care, and the number of inpatient admissions gate kept by Crisis Resolution Home Treatment (CRHT) teams.

Mental Health of Children and Young People Surveys

The Mental Health of Children and Young People surveys provide England’s best source of data on trends in child mental health. Major surveys of the mental health of children and young people in England were carried out in 1999, 2004, and 2017 with a further follow up survey conducted in 2020 during the pandemic.

Dementia Assessment and Referral

Information on the on the number and proportion of patients aged 75 and over admitted as an emergency for more than 72 hours in England who have been identified as potentially having dementia.

Recorded dementia diagnoses

Information about people with dementia at each GP practice. This publication includes the rate of dementia diagnosis. As not everyone with dementia has a formal diagnosis, this statistic compares the number of people thought to have dementia with the number of people diagnosed with dementia, aged 65 and over.

Mental Health Dementia and Neurology Profiling Tool

Profiling tool available at the Public Health England (PHE) Fingertips website, primarily intended to provide better access to data and information to support people involved in commissioning, planning and providing services locally.

Dementia data and analysis: a guide for health professionals

Explains how commissioners and health professionals can use data and analysis for decisions about dementia services and interventions.

Quality and Outcomes Framework (QOF)

Prevalence data for depression, including information by GP practice.

Early Intervention in Psychosis Waiting Times

Information on the number of people with a first episode of psychosis who have accessed or are waiting for treatment. This NHS England collection is the official source of data for data on this subject.

Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder Waiting Times

The Children and Young People with an Eating Disorder (CYP ED) Waiting Times data contains information on the number of children and young people who have accessed or are waiting for treatment following a routine or urgent referral for a suspected eating disorder. This NHS England collection is the official source of data for data on this subject.

Eating disorders information at NHS Choices

For more information on eating disorders and where to access help.

The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health

The NHS Five Year Forward View for Mental Health was published in February 2016 and sets out the start of a ten year journey for the transformation of mental health services.

Five Year Forward View for Mental Health - one year on NHS England, March 2017

An outline of the progress made in the first year of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health programme.

Mental Health Five Year Forward View Dashboard

This NHS England dashboard is intended to help monitor progress against the delivery of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health and is published on a quarterly basis.

Medicines Used in Mental Health - England

NHS Business Services Authority have produced experimental Official Statistics on medicines used in mental health.

NHS Talking Therapies publications

Following a public consultation Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) services have been renamed as NHS Talking Therapies for anxiety and depression. The data set will continue to be referred to as IAPT until the next uplift of the data set has received DAPB approval.

The NHS Talking Therapies programme is supported by a regular return of data generated by providers of NHS Talking Therapies services in delivering those services to patients. This data is received by NHS England and released as statistical publications covering activity, waiting times and patient outcomes such as recovery. 

Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics - NHS Digital

This publication series includes analyses of women in contact with mental health services who were new or expectant mothers. This is a quarterly release and is released as part of the Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics publication series. 

More recently NHS Digital have also published data on the Number of people in contact with Specialist Perinatal Mental Health Community Services (12 month rolling). This provides data on the number of women accessing specialist perinatal or maternal mental health services in the previous 12 months.

Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey (APMS) series provides data on the prevalence of both treated and untreated psychiatric disorders in the English adult population (aged 16 and over). This 2014 survey is the fourth in a series and was conducted by NatCen Social Research, in collaboration with the University of Leicester, for NHS Digital.

Mental Health of Children and Young People Surveys

The Mental Health of Children and Young People surveys provide England’s best source of data on trends in child mental health. Major surveys of the mental health of children and young people in England were carried out in 1999, 2004, and 2017 with a further follow up survey conducted in 2020 during the pandemic.

Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics - Restrictive Interventions Dashboard

This dashboard provides interactive visualisations of the restraints data that is included in the Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics publication series.

Restraints data is reported in the Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics and Mental Health Bulletin publications. The publications include breakdowns of restraint types and demographic data relating to the person being restrained.

NHS Workforce Statistics - October 2017, Provisional statistics (including experimental report on Mental Health and Learning Disability workforce up until September 2017)

Published 23 January 2018 - This report shows provisional monthly numbers of NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) staff groups working in Trusts and CCGs in England (excluding primary care staff). Data is available as headcount and full-time equivalents.

Reports on Out of Area Placements

The Government set a national ambition to eliminate inappropriate Out of Area Placements in mental health services for adults in acute inpatient care by 2020-21. Inappropriate OAPs are where patients are sent out of area because no bed is available for them locally, which can delay their recovery. This NHS Digital collection is currently the official source of data on this subject for England.

Suicides in the UK: 2016 registrations

Registered deaths in the UK from suicide analysed by sex, age, area of usual residence of the deceased and suicide method.

Suicides by Place of Occurrence

Freedom of information request showing suicides by place of occurrence.

Suicide by occupation, England: 2011 to 2015

Analysis of deaths from suicide in different occupational groups for people aged 20 to 64 years, based on deaths registered in England between 2011 and 2015.

Suicide Prevention Profile

Profiling tool available at the Public Health England (PHE) Fingertips website. Produced to help develop understanding at a local level and support an intelligence driven approach to suicide prevention. It collates and presents a range of publicly available data on suicide, associated prevalence, risk factors, and service contact among groups at increased risk.

National Confidential Inquiry into Suicide and Homicide by People with Mental Illness

As the UK's leading research programme in this field, the Inquiry produces a wide range of national reports, projects and papers - providing health professionals, policymakers, and service managers with the evidence and practical suggestions they need to effectively implement change.

UK armed forces mental health mid-year statistics: index

These reports summarise the initial assessments of UK armed forces personnel seen at MOD specialist mental health services.

UK armed forces mental health annual statistics: index

Statistical information on mental health among the UK armed forces

UK armed forces prescribed Mefloquine Hydrochloride and subsequent presentation to MOD specialist mental health services: 1 April 2007 to 30 September 2015

This ad hoc statistical bulletin has been provided in response to recent media coverage and to ensure the public has equal access to the information.

War Pensions Scheme statistics: index

Statistics on the recipients of war pensions, new claims, awards and appeals made under the War Pensions Scheme (WPS).

Community Mental Health Survey

Read the results of Care Quality Commission's latest survey which looked at the experiences of people receiving community mental health services.