ECT, Mental Health Today and NHS Digital
Mental Health Today (MHT) has been trying to get some statistics about electroconvulsive (ECT) use from NHS Digital. Although MHT asks for donations on their website, it is not a charity but rather a publishing company, Pavilion Publishing and Media Ltd. MHT has taken their case to the Information Commissioner’s Office: “an investigation involving Mental Health Today and the Information Commission enters its eighth month”.
NHS Digital (the new name of the Health and Social Care Information Centre) apparently wanted £21,000 to provide MHT with statistics. They are quoted as saying:
“ECT is within [our] scope. However, we do not have statistics available for use of ECT and this is not currently a priority agreed with NHS England and the Department of Health and Social Care for development. In theory, if ECT is used by providers it should be being submitted to [NHS Digital] by providers. However we cannot confirm…
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