Please could I request the following information Under the Freedom of Information Act:
The number of calls your NHS mental health trust received on its urgent mental health helpline for each month of the years i. 2022, ii. 2021, iii. 2020
The number of referrals made for a face to face assessment after someone called your urgent mental health helpline by your NHS mental health trust for each month of the years i. 2022, ii. 2021, iii. 2020
Please could you provide this information by email, preferably in a spreadsheet.
If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request.
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 443-2023
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below and in a separate attachment.
– The number of calls your NHS mental health trust received on its urgent mental health helpline for each month of the years i. 2022, ii. 2021, iii. 2020
Please see our response attached.
– The number of referrals made for a face to face assessment after someone called your urgent mental health helpline by your NHS mental health trust for each month of the years i. 2022, ii. 2021, iii. 2020
We are unable to provide an answer to the above question as the clinical system does not capture enough details to determine if the referral for a face to face assessment came from the urgent mental health helpline.