Mental Health Minimum Data Set

Mental Health Minimum Data Set Overview

The Mental Health Minimum Data Set concerns adult PATIENTS (including elderly) who receive care in NHS specialist mental health services. This care is delivered within a Adult Mental Health Care Spell. For some PATIENTS, care will comprise a small number of Out-Patient Appointments over a few weeks. For others, it may extend over many years and include hospital, community, out-patient and day care attendances which may commonly overlap.

The Mental Health Minimum Data Set is assembled and produced for a defined period of time known as the REPORTING PERIOD (which may be monthly, quarterly or annually) and comprises a data set record for each Adult Mental Health Care Spell which occurs wholly or partially within the REPORTING PERIOD.

Data Set Data Elements
Patient Demographics
ORGANISATION CODE (CODE OF PROVIDER) 
ORGANISATION CODE (CODE OF COMMISSIONER) 
REPORTING PERIOD (MENTAL HEALTH) 
NHS NUMBER 
ELECTORAL WARD OF USUAL ADDRESS 
ORGANISATION CODE (PCT OF RESIDENCE) 
PERSON GENDER CURRENT 
PERSON MARITAL STATUS 
PERSON BIRTH DATE 
GENERAL MEDICAL PRACTICE CODE (PATIENT REGISTRATION) 
ORGANISATION CODE (PCT OF GP PRACTICE) 
MHMDS LOCAL PATIENT IDENTIFIER 
SOCIAL SERVICES CLIENT IDENTIFIER 
ETHNIC CATEGORY 
EMPLOYMENT STATUS (MENTAL HEALTH) 
WEEKLY HOURS WORKED 
ACCOMMODATION STATUS (MENTAL HEALTH) 
SETTLED ACCOMMODATION INDICATOR (MENTAL HEALTH)
YEAR OF FIRST KNOWN PSYCHIATRIC CARE 
Mental Health Care Spell Activity
CARE SPELL IDENTIFIER (MENTAL HEALTH) 
CARE SPELL NUMBER IN REPORTING PERIOD 
MAIN SPECIALTY CODE (MENTAL HEALTH) 
START DATE (MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL) 
SOURCE OF REFERRAL FOR MENTAL HEALTH 
END DATE (MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL) 
MENTAL HEALTH CARE SPELL END CODE 
SPELL DAYS IN REPORTING PERIOD 
SUSPENDED DAYS IN REPORTING PERIOD 
MHCS SUSPENSION REASON (AT END OF REPORTING PERIOD) 
CPA STANDARD DAYS 
CPA ENHANCED DAYS 
CPA LEVEL (AT END OF REPORTING PERIOD) 
OCCUPATION (CPA CARE COORDINATOR) 
DATE LAST SEEN (CPA CARE COORDINATOR) 
DAYS LIABLE FOR DETENTION 
DAYS OF SUPERVISED DISCHARGE 
LEGAL STATUS CLASSIFICATION CODE (AT END OF REPORTING PERIOD) 
LEGAL STATUS RESTRICTIVENESS (HIGHEST IN REPORTING PERIOD) 
MHC WITHOUT PATIENT CONSENT IN REPORTING PERIOD 
SSSA (NUMBER FOR DETENTION) 
SSSA (NUMBER FOR COMMUNITY CARE) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD FIRST MOST RECENT) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD SECOND MOST RECENT) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD THIRD MOST RECENT) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD FOURTH MOST RECENT) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD FIFTH MOST RECENT) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD SIXTH MOST RECENT) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD SEVENTH MOST RECENT) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD EIGHTH MOST RECENT) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD NINTH MOST RECENT) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD TENTH MOST RECENT) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD ELEVENTH MOST RECENT) 
DIAGNOSIS (ICD TWELFTH MOST RECENT) 
HONOS RATING (FIRST IN MHCS) 
HONOS SCORE DATE (FIRST IN MHCS) 
HONOS RATING (MOST RECENT IN MHCS) 
HONOS SCORE DATE (MOST RECENT IN MHCS) 
HONOS RATING (WORST EVER RECORDED) 
HONOS SCORE DATE (WORST EVER RECORDED) 
HONOS RATING (BEST IN LAST TWELVE MONTHS) 
HONOS SCORE DATE (BEST IN LAST TWELVE MONTHS) 
SUPERVISED COMMUNITY TREATMENT TOTAL 
SUPERVISED COMMUNITY TREATMENT RECALLS TOTAL 
SUPERVISED COMMUNITY TREATMENT DISCHARGES TOTAL 
SUPERVISED COMMUNITY TREATMENT REVOCATIONS TOTAL 
LEAVE OF ABSENCE TOTAL 
LEAVE OF ABSENCE TOTAL DAYS 
LEAVE OF ABSENCE END REASON (LAST) 
ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE TOTAL 
ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE TOTAL DAYS 
ABSENCE WITHOUT LEAVE END REASON (LAST) 
Mental Health Package
BED DAYS (MENTAL HEALTH) 
BED DAYS (MENTAL HEALTH MEDIUM SECURE) 
BED DAYS (MENTAL HEALTH INTENSIVE) 
CARE DAYS (ACUTE HOME-BASED) 
BED DAYS (MENTAL HEALTH NHS COMMUNITY CARE) 
RESIDENTIAL MH NON-NHS COMMUNITY CARE INDICATOR 
DAY CARE ATTENDANCE (MENTAL HEALTH NHS SITE) 
DAY CARE ATTENDANCE MH NON-NHS SITE INDICATOR 
SHELTERED WORK ATTENDANCE INDICATOR 
OUT-PATIENT ATTENDANCE CONSULTANT (MENTAL HEALTH) 
CONTACTS (COMMUNITY PSYCHIATRIC NURSE) 
CONTACTS (CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGIST) 
CONTACTS (OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST) 
SOCIAL WORKER INVOLVEMENT INDICATOR 
HOME HELP VISIT INDICATOR 
PROCEDURE (READ FIRST MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (READ SECOND MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (READ THIRD MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (READ FOURTH MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (READ FIFTH MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (READ SIXTH MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (READ SEVENTH MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (READ EIGHTH MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (READ NINTH MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (READ TENTH MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (READ ELEVENTH MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (READ TWELFTH MOST RECENT) 
PROCEDURE (ECT TREATMENTS ADMINISTERED) 
ADMISSIONS (MENTAL HEALTH) 
DISCHARGES (MENTAL HEALTH) 
HOSPITAL STAYS LIST (MENTAL HEALTH) 
COMMUNITY SURVIVAL TIMES LIST (MENTAL HEALTH) 
FIRST CONTACT TIMES LIST (MENTAL HEALTH) 
POSTCODE OF USUAL ADDRESS 
MENTAL HEALTH CARE TEAM TYPE (AT END OF REPORTING PERIOD) 
CONTACTS (PHYSIOTHERAPIST) 
CONTACTS (PSYCHOTHERAPY) 
CONTACTS (SOCIAL WORKER) 
OUT-PATIENT DID NOT ATTENDS (MENTAL HEALTH) 
DAY CARE DID NOT ATTENDS (MENTAL HEALTH NHS SITE) 
CONTACTS (NHS DIRECT MENTAL HEALTH) 
CARE PROGRAMME APPROACH REVIEWS (IN REPORTING PERIOD) 
SPELL DEFINITION TYPE (ASSEMBLER MHCS) 
MENTAL HEALTH CARE AND LEGAL STATUS HISTORY