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Version: 1.0.0 | Published: 16 Oct 2025 | Updated: 0 days ago

Mental Health Act Statistics, Annual Figures

Dataset

Documentation

Description:
Under the Act, people with a mental disorder may be formally detained in hospital (or 'sectioned') in the interests of their own health or safety, or for the protection of other people. They can also be treated in the community but subject to recall to hospital for assessment and/or treatment under a Community Treatment Order (CTO). Since 2016-17 these statistics are primarily produced from the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS). People may be detained in secure psychiatric hospitals, other NHS Trusts or at Independent Service Providers (ISPs). All organisations that detain people under the Act must be registered with the Care Quality Commission (CQC).
Spatial Coverage:
England
Data Use Limitations:
NO RESTRICTION

Coverage

Spatial

Geographical Levels:
country

Temporal

Start Date:
01 April 2016
Frequency:
ANNUAL

Access and Governance

Usage

Data Use Requirements:
NO REQUIREMENTS

Access

Data Controller:
NHS England

Format and Standards

Languages:
ENGLISH
Data Format:
  • Unstructured text
  • Database

Additional Information Governance

Confidentiality Risk:
Low risk
Availability Risk:
Low risk
Integrity Risk:
Low risk