Data in Mental Health CarePast, Present and Future – A Taster

Dr Tom FoleySenior Clinical Lead for Data

Our vision is to harness the power of information and technology to make health and care better

“A Black Hole of Data”Chapter 5, Five Year Forward View for Mental HealthFeb 2016

What’s the point of data in Mental Health?

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Now

NHS Digital:• Mental Health Services Dataset (MHSDS)• Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Dataset• Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey

Other Sources:• Provider EHRs• Royal College of Psychiatrists• Care Quality Commission

• National Mental Health Intelligence Network (NMHIN)

• ….

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Flows into NHS Digital

Near Future

• National Study of Health and Wellbeing: Children and Young People• Data Services Platform• Linkage• Improved data quality• Aid to service integration

• Long Term Plan

Longer Term

• Smartphones• Wearables• Social Media• Genomics• Neuroimaging• Settings, Treatments, Workforce

Data to Transform Mental Health Care

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