Publication, Part of Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics
Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics, Performance May 2024
Official statistics
Issue with median and 90th percentile metrics in the referral spells data
Please note that an issue has been identified with the MRS03a, MRS03b, MRS10a, MRS10b figures. These relate to median and 90th percentile waiting times.
The issue has been resolved and the files replaced.
16 September 2024 08:30 AM
Issue with access metrics
An issue was identified with the sub national geographies present in the initial published files in the 4 access metrics (MHS91, MHS95, MHS108 and MHS109). This issue meant that data at sub national commissioning geographies were an undercount. Data for the four metrics has been revised using the cut of latest data available which was cut at the end of October 2024.
The data for the four metrics has been replaced in the main and time-series files and where this has occurred the status will reflect "Adhoc" rather than "Performance".
19 November 2024 11:28 AM
Summary
This publication provides the timeliest picture available of people using NHS funded secondary mental health, learning disabilities and autism services in England, excluding those who are solely in contact with Talking Therapies. 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 available in the Data Quality section, as well as within the Data Coverage and Data Quality VODIM and Integrity files available under 'Resources'.
Highlights
MHSDS Version 6
The May-24 reporting period figures are the second reports using MHSDS v6. The implementation of MHSDS v6 includes a fundamental restructuring of the recording of key areas including (but not limited to) - service or team type, ward details and delayed discharges.
Full details of the major methodological changes made for this publication can be found here.
Any figures should be interpreted with caution as Data Quality issues may be present in the data used to create the measures. Please see the 'Data Quality Comments' which contains details of providers who have reported Data Quality issues.
Closing of the Clinical Audit Platform collection of Out of Area Placements
The CAP collection of Out Of Area Placements (OAPs) has ceased following the collection March 2024 activity. Reporting of OAPs activity is now done using MHSDS data only. Data relating to OAPs from MHSDS can be found in the relevant CSV file in this publication.
Changing the submission windows for the Mental Health Services Data
This May 2024 performance publication contains all data relating to the reporting period in it, with the exception of restraints data. This is because these data are being published in the second month following the activity. Providers have indicated that there is often some delay until the restraints data is available for them to submit. As a result, the timeliness with which NHS England receives restraints data does not currently support 'first cut' reporting, although it may do in the future should timeliness improve.
Performance reporting for restraints will be added to this page for May 2024 on August 8th.
Mental Health publications consultation
NHS England are consulting on the future of Mental Health reporting. This consultation covers the Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics, the Mental Health Bulletin and the Mental Health Act, Annual Figures publications.
The consultation is designed to help make decisions about future reporting and to ensure that the data provided is as useful as possible. The survey link further down this this page (or here) is available for users to provide feedback directly.
If you would like to discuss your views in more detail with us, please email [email protected] including "Mental Health Publications consultation" in the subject.
Access the code used to create this report
The code used to create the outputs for this report is available on our NHS Digital GitHub webpage.
Key Facts
1.92 million people were in contact with mental health services, at the end of May
The majority of these (1.37 million) were in contact with adult mental health services
399,585 people were in contact with children and young people’s mental health services, at the end of May
252,239 people were in contact with learning disabilities and autism services, at the end of May
440,835 new referrals were recieved, and 2.01 million care contacts were attended, during May
21,421 people were subject to the Mental Health Act, including 15,790 people detained in hospital, at the end of May
This is the second monthly release using data collected under MHSDS version 6. Please refer to the April 2024 publication for an outline of the changes to the dataset introduced by the move to MHSDS version 6. 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.
Resources
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