Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 296-2023
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1. Data on the total number of diagnoses on an annual basis for the mental health As defined within
the DSM-5 as calculated from UK Mental Health services using the DSM-5 criteria. area for both the UK
as a whole and also specifically for Gloucestershire.
2. Data on the number of known misdiagnoses on an annual basis for the mental health As defined
within the DSM-5 as calculated from UK Mental Health services using the DSM-5 criteria. area for both
the UK as a whole and also specifically for Gloucestershire. And if this data is not known then I require
details of why it has not been collected and if that information has been collected anywhere else in any
form or as part of any other report..
3. A percentage breakdown of the number of misdiagnoses on an annual level for both Gloucestershire
and the UK as a whole and if in place details of any allowable level of misdiagnoses from the legislation
passed by the great and the good in both of those places The houses of Parliament and Lords..
4. Details of the number and percentage of specifically Autistic diagnoses as both a number and a
percentage along with the total for both the UK and Gloucestershire.
5. Details of the actual number and percentages of the expected number of Autistic diagnoses for both
the UK and Gloucestershire.
6. Details of the actual and reported overturned/revised or altered reports and /or misdiagnoses in both
the UK and Gloucestershire along with the expected number of overturned/revised or altered reports /
and or misdiagnoses for both the UK and Gloucestershire, and if there are no such reports and details
in those areas then Why?
Number of individuals assessed with the ASC service, broken down by financial year of the assessment
date.
Financial Year Number of individuals assessed
2019/20 113
2020/21 76
2021/22 85
2022/23 91
Note – Patients may be counted twice if they have an assessment across more than
one financial year
We could not get the data for the diagnosis as the system could not pull through the
information
FOI Request
I require details of all of the annual data since the data began to be collected until the present date you provide the information for Gloucestershire and for the UK as a whole for the following areas:
1. Data on the total number of diagnoses on an annual basis for the mental health As defined within the DSM-5 as calculated from UK Mental Health services using the DSM-5 criteria. area for both the UK as a whole and also specifically for Gloucestershire.
2. Data on the number of known misdiagnoses on an annual basis for the mental health As defined within the DSM-5 as calculated from UK Mental Health services using the DSM-5 criteria. area for both the UK as a whole and also specifically for Gloucestershire. And if this data is not known then I require details of why it has not been collected and if that information has been collected anywhere else in any form or as part of any other report..
3. A percentage breakdown of the number of misdiagnoses on an annual level for both Gloucestershire and the UK as a whole and if in place details of any allowable level of misdiagnoses from the legislation passed by the great and the good in both of those places The houses of Parliament and Lords..
4. Details of the number and percentage of specifically Autistic diagnoses as both a number and a percentage along with the total for both the UK and Gloucestershire.
5. Details of the actual number and percentages of the expected number of Autistic diagnoses for both the UK and Gloucestershire.
6. Details of the actual and reported overturned/revised or altered reports and /or misdiagnoses in both the UK and Gloucestershire along with the expected number of overturned/revised or altered reports / and or misdiagnoses for both the UK and Gloucestershire, and if there are no such reports and details in those areas then Why?