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Written question asked by Baroness Berger (Labour) on Wednesday, 16 March 2016, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 21 March 2016 (named day). It was answered by Alistair Burt (Conservative) on Monday, 21 March 2016 on behalf of the Department of Health.


Mental Health Services: Databases

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reasons the data in the Mental Health Services Data Set for adults are grouped together under clusters which do not align with NICE guidelines.

Answer

The clusters in which the data are grouped reflect the mental health clusters which are the mandated currencies for mental health services. These reflect groupings of service users with similar levels of need, and whose care will cost on average a similar amount. For the purposes of payment, Health and Social Care Information Centre reports by cluster are required.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
31293
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Databases Mental health services
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk