Guardianship under the Mental Health Act, 1983 (GMHA)

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Guardianship under the Mental Health Act, 1983 (GMHA)

Measures describe a question asked to a participant during a survey or an item of information requested from a manager when they fill out a data return. For example, ‘Who do you live with?’ is a measure and the possible responses might be, mother, father, brother, sister etc.

Need/provision/receipt	Description of measure	Start Year	Age range	Age from	Age to	Informant	Multiple rater	Reporting term	Sweep title	Standard instrument	Question/Data item	Response scale	Dataset
Provision;	New guardianship cases in year	2003	16-120	16	120	Data manager	No	Past year	Ongoing - yearly	No	Total new cases for guardianship opened during the year (totals and broken down by region of country)	Number of cases	GMHA
Provision;	Continuing guardianship cases in year	2003	16-120	16	120	Data manager	No	Past year	Ongoing - yearly	No	Total number of cases for guardianship continuing at the end of the year (totals and broken down by region of country)	Number of cases	GMHA
Provision;	Closed guardianship cases in year	2003	16-120	16	120	Data manager	No	Past year	Ongoing - yearly	No	Total number of cases for guardianship closed during the year (totals and broken down by region of country)	Number of cases	GMHA
Provision;	Median length closed guardianship cases in year	2003	16-120	16	120	Data manager	No	Past year	Ongoing - yearly	No	Median length of closed cases for guardianship (months) (totals and broken down by region of country and councils)	Length of time in months	GMHA
Provision;	New guardianship cases in year - gender and act section	2003	16-120	16	120	Data manager	No	Past year	Ongoing - yearly	No	New cases for guardianship opened during the year (totals and broken down by region of country). Broken down by gender and section of act (section 7 or section 37)	Number of cases	GMHA
Provision;	Continuing guardianship cases in year - gender and act section	2003	16-120	16	120	Data manager	No	Past year	Ongoing - yearly	No	Continuing cases for guardianship during the year (totals and broken down by region of country). Broken down by gender and section of act (section 7 or section 37)	Number of cases	GMHA
Provision;	Closed guardianship cases in year - gender and act section	2003	16-120	16	120	Data manager	No	Past year	Ongoing - yearly	No	Closed cases for guardianship during the year (totals and broken down by region of country). Broken down by gender and section of act (section 7 or section 37)	Number of cases	GMHA

Aims

Data on the use of Guardianship orders under Sections 7 and 37 of the Mental Health Act 1983. Includes yearly time series since 2003-04. The data is collected directly from councils in England, also known as ‘local authorities’ in this publication. Local authorities usually assume the role of the guardian.

Institution

NHS Digital

Geographic coverage - Nations

England;

Start date

2003

Minimum age at recruitment

Sample Size

380

Sample

Study design

Data return

Sample details

The data is collected directly from councils in England, also known as ‘local authorities’ in this publication. Local authorities usually assume the role of the guardian.

Sex

All

Sample Characteristics

Local authorities

Sample size at most recent sweep

380 cases (opened, conntuining & clsoed) during most recent year

Data Access

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/guardianship-under-the-mental-health-act-1983/1983-2018-19-2019-20--2020-21

Complementary Data

None

Genetic Data Collected

Linked Data

HDR UK Innovation Gateway

Website

https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/guardianship-under-the-mental-health-act-1983

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