Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the data that is collected on NHS funded mental health inpatient services.

Mental health data, including data on inpatient services funded by the National Health Service, are kept under regular review by NHS England and are subject to ongoing improvement. This includes a focus on improving data quality, and identifying and publishing key metrics, with the aim of monitoring both the activity within services and the quality of care delivered.

In addition, the rapid review we are conducting into mental health inpatient settings has a specific focus on how we use data and evidence, including complaints, feedback, and whistleblowing alerts, to identify risks to safety.