MHLDA Indicators – A Dashboard Transformed

The Mental Health, Learning Disabilities and Autism Indicators project commenced in April 2020 as a COVID-19 dashboard, enabling participants to track the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health, CYPMHS and learning disabilities services, both within their organisation and in comparison to the wider UK dataset.

After an extensive engagement programme, this project has now been transformed to focus on a wider variety of metrics and from April 2023 includes patient safety and workforce metrics as well as the activity data that has historically been collected and reported. The reporting format has also been updated to include each of the reported data points as well as the national picture for a number of metrics. These are produced as PowerPoint slides to allow ease of use for members. 

The project is UK wide and produces bespoke reports for all providers. Additionally, this online dashboard contains a much wider analysis of all the specification metrics to support a deep-dive into organisational and national analysis.

For more information on metrics, timescales and frequently asked questions, please visit our project page

How can my organisation take part?

We welcome submissions from any member Mental Health organisation looking to take part. Data is submitted quarterly via an excel spreadsheet. Further information can be found on the Project Detail page, or by emailing the Indicators team.

We would like to thank all participating organisations for their contributions throughout the course of the project, and appreciate the time and expertise shared. Suggestions to improve the project and how we can better support your work are always welcome – please contact the team directly nhsbn.mhindicators@nhs.net