Statistics Blog Posts

• Scotland sees increase in prescribing rates for mental health drugs

  27 Sep 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Strong association between unemployment and suicide shown in new BMJ study

  15 Aug 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• The cost of antidepressant prescribing has risen by nearly a quarter in the last year, according to new NHS figures

  02 Aug 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• First national bereavement survey published by the Department of Health

  04 Jul 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Adults with serious mental illness have a mortality rate three times as high as the general population, according to new NHS statistics

  29 Jun 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• New atlas highlights the variations in social care spending on mental health services across England

  21 Jun 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• LSE report highlights ‘massive inequality’ in the way the NHS treats mental illness compared to physical illness

  18 Jun 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• Prescriptions for alcohol dependency increase once more, but attitudes to drinking are on a downward trend

  14 Jun 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• One third of adults using secondary mental health services are not living in settled accommodation

  30 Mar 2012

  • Andre Tomlin

  
• See how the NHS is performing locally and regionally on the Indictor Portal

  29 Mar 2012

  • Andre Tomlin