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MoD consults on cancelling UK Armed Forces mental health mid-year report and Episode tables in annual summary (19 June 2017)

Date: 19/06/2017
Duncan Lewis, Legal News Solicitors, MoD consults on cancelling UK Armed Forces mental health mid-year report and Episode tables in annual summary

The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has launched a consultation on the proposed cessation of the UK Armed Forces mental health mid-year report and the production of Episode tables in the UK Armed Forces mental health annual summary.

Under the consultation, the MoD proposes to cease production of the UK Armed Forces mental health mid-year report Official Statistic – as well as ceasing production of Episode tables found in the separate Excel file of the “UK armed forces mental health: annual summary and trends over time” Official Statistic.

The cessation of the production of the UK armed forces mental health mid-year report has been proposed because, following the release of the mid-year report, there have been no Freedom of Information (FOI) requests or requests for further information related to the report, in contrast to the annual report, which has more web hits, interest and media articles generated following its release in June.

The MoD says the cessation of reporting would allow for the development of additional analyses on mental health to improve the evidence base available – as data is presented quarterly, it is difficult to interpret findings because the numbers are subject to variation over time.

The cessation of the production of the Episode tables has been proposed in order to save resources due to the lengthy production process.

Recent Freedom of Information requests, Parliamentary Questions and internal MoD requests are showing interest lies with the number of people seen at MoD Departments for Community Mental Health and inpatient providers – not the episodes of care.

Further details about these changes can be found in the consultation document – and responses to the consultation can be made by email (defstrat-stat-Health-pq-foi@mod.uk) or by post at Defence Statistics (Health), Ministry of Defence, Oak 0 West, #6028 Abbey Wood North, Bristol BS34 8JH.

The MoD requests comments from external data users and that these are accompanied by a name and either an email address, postal address or telephone number, to enable follow up if clarification is needed.

The consultation will run until 27 July 2017 – and if there are no objections, it is proposed that the next mid-year report due mid-December 2017 and the Episode tables due in June 2018 will not be produced.

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