Publication, Part of Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics
Mental Health Services Monthly Statistics, Performance May 2025
Official statistics
Up to date data on MHA measures
Coinciding with the release of an updated dashboard displaying data relating to the Mental Health Act, an additional file has been added to this publication. This file includes all of the data now included regarding the uses of the Mental Health Act (as published from the July 2025 release). The file is based on data using the multiple submissions window model, with data for April, May and June being run using the July cut to feed the dashboard. This dashboard will then include performance data going forwards with data being refreshed with End of Year data once available.
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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, 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'.
Please note, the methodology for MHS30f - Attended contacts in the RP with community mental health services for adult and older adults with severe mental illness has been updated to account for both the team ID recorded in the contact and referral tables. This is inline with other metrics that are similar. This brings this metric inline with other similar metrics but there maybe minor methodological differences that mean that summing the totals from other metrics may not match the values presented in this metric.
Highlights
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Key Facts
2.10 million people were in contact with mental health services, at the end of May
The majority of these (1.39 million) were in contact with adult mental health services
511,321 people were in contact with children and young people’s mental health services, at the end of May
292,447 people were in contact with learning disabilities and autism services, at the end of May
439,296 new referrals were received, and 2.25 million care contacts were attended, during May
22,596 people were subject to the Mental Health Act, including 16,455 people detained in hospital, at the end of May
Resources
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