PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Mental Health Services (5 June 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many new referrals there were to NHS secondary mental health services in March and April 2020 compared to the same period in 2019.
Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
Asked by:
Dr Rosena Allin-Khan (Labour)
Answer
The information requested is shown in the following table.
England | March 2019 | April 2019 | March 2020 | April 20202 |
Referrals to mental health services starting in reporting period1 | 321,326 | 303,373 | 297,516 | Not yet available |
Source: Mental Health Services Data Set, NHS Digital3
Notes:
1 A person may have had more than one referral within any given period.
2 Data for April 2020 are still being collected and analysed.
3 Caution should be made when comparing data as the coverage of the Mental Health Services Data Set has increased with 266 providers submitting data in March 2020 compared to 171 providers in March 2019.
Answered by:
Ms Nadine Dorries (Conservative)
15 June 2020
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