Publication, Part of Learning Disability Services Statistics
Learning Disability Services Monthly Statistics, AT: October 2022, MHSDS: August 2022 Final
Official statistics, Experimental statistics
Cyber Incident Impact on MHSDS data submissions
Unfortunately, a number of providers of MHSDS data have been affected by a recent cyber incident. NHS Digital has actively worked with these providers to understand how best to resolve any data submission issues that may have occurred as a result. We also continue to encourage affected providers to reach out to [email protected] as well as their regional Emergency Preparedness, Resilience and Response (EPRR) teams.
Please read below for full details:
Although the impact on June and July 2022 monthly data was quite limited, the impact on August 2022 data is much more substantial. As such, national level breakdowns have been omitted from all outputs that are part of this publication. It was not considered appropriate to publish national level August 2022 data at present, given that these data are not an accurate reflection of activity for that month.
Data at Provider and Local Authority level data are, however, still included within this publication. Comparisons between providers not impacted by the cyber incident are still valid, as are comparisons between August 2022 data and that of previous months for any given non-cyber incident impacted provider.
Although the ‘Experimental Statistics’ designation is stated underneath the publication title above, users should be aware that the designation does not currently apply to this publication in the series. It does, however, remain applicable to all editions up to and including Final July 2022.
Finally, we will continue to monitor this situation with regards to subsequent months’ publications. No changes to submission processes will be introduced while service providers are actively dealing with this issue.
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About the Mental Health Services Dataset
Background
From October 2021, these statistics are derived from submissions made using version 5.0 of MHSDS.
This release comprises:
- A summary of findings which presents provider level analysis of key measures based on data submitted.
- Excel data tables covering a wide range of data covered by the collection.
- A monthly CSV file which presents key measures at provider level based on data submitted.
The MHSDS was introduced on the 1 January 2016 and superseded the following standards:
- ISB 0011 Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Dataset (MHLDDS)
- ISB 1072 Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Dataset
- ISB 1509 Mental Health Care Cluster
- ISB 1078 Mental Health Clustering Tool
The changes incorporate requirements in support of Children and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (CYP IAPT), elements of the Learning Disabilities Census (LDC) and elements of the Assuring Transformation (AT) Information Standard. Information provided in this release therefore covers, learning disabilities and autism services for all ages. Learning disabilities and autism services have been included in MHSDS (and its previous guises) since September 2014.
The measures reported in this publication are usually badged as experimental statistics and will be released as such, until the characteristics of data flowed using the current data standard are fully understood. Experimental statistics are official statistics which are published in order to involve users and stakeholders in their development and as a means to build in quality at an early stage. It is important that users understand that limitations may apply to the interpretation of this data.
Note: while the impact from the cyber incident continues these statistics will be badged as management information.
Further information on people using NHS funded secondary mental health services can be found within the main MHSDS monthly publication.
Scope of collection
Information is presented by hospital spells and ward stays in this report. A hospital spell is a continuous period of inpatient care under a single Hospital Provider starting with a hospital admission and ending with a discharge from hospital. A ward stay is within a hospital spell so one hospital spell could include more than one ward stay for a patient if they have moved wards. The counts of hospital spells are therefore different to the count of ward stays and would expect the count of ward stays to be greater. However, submissions have to include hospital spell information but not necessarily ward stay information. Where the number of ward stays are less than hospital spells, this indicates that information about the ward where patients were receiving care was not provided for everyone in hospital. Despite the limitations of the ward stay information, it is still used in the report as it provides more detailed information than hospital spells about the episode of care.
Figures on the use of restrictive interventions in inpatient LDA services from MHSDS are subject to a number of data quality issues (see Data Quality Section for further information). Therefore, these figures should be interpreted with caution.
Last edited: 17 November 2022 1:15 pm