Using the service

Find out more about the work of the Mental Health team

Reports and publications

Read our publications and reports including:

  • Mental Health Bulletin
  • Routine quarterly MHMDS reports
  • publications relating to the Mental Health Act
  • Mental Health Surveys

Datasets, databases and data collections

Find out more about the work of the Mental Health team including:

  • the Mental Health Minimum Dataset
  • mental capacity

Reference

Links to useful information.

Frequently asked questions

Browse through our frequently asked questions.

What people are saying about the Mental Health Service

'It is important that the Mental Health Minimum Dataset is used as the key source of information about the provision of mental health services.' Louis Appleby, National Director for Mental Health, Department of Health

'After the long hiatus since the last regular mental health statistical publication disappeared in the late 1980s, MHMDS is immensely welcome.' Glyes Glover, Consultant in Public Health, North East Public Health Observatory and Honorary Professor of Public Mental Health, University of Durham.

'The MHMDS is a quantum step forward in therms of mental health data...' Dr Veena S Raleigh, Senior Fellow, Policy, The Kings Fund.