Mental Health Services Access and Waiting Times Statistics from NHS Digital

Experimental statistics from the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) focusing on access and waiting times. The dataset is provided by NHS Digital and was last updated on 2026-07 08. It is released under the OGL-UK-3.0 license.

Use Cases

• Monitor trends in mental health service access based on the monthly statistics.
• Analyze waiting time performance for different mental health pathways.
• Benchmark service delivery metrics across regions or time periods.
• Support policy evaluation and resource planning for mental health services.

Strengths

• Data is sourced from the authoritative national Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS).
• Last updated on 2026-07-08, indicating recent maintenance.
• Released under the permissive OGL-UK-3.0 license for reuse.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

NHS Digital

Collection Method

Aggregated from the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS).

Time Range

Monthly statistics, likely covering multiple years.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-07-08 13:33:18.676735

Geography

United Kingdom, based on the platform and organization.