MHSDS combined supporting metadata supplied with the NHS England Mental Health Services Data Set publication.

The workbook contains:

• metadata field definitions;
• Mental Health Monthly Metadata;
• annual bulletin metadata;
• Mental Health Act annual metadata;
• data-validation rules;
• data-integrity rules;
• metric descriptions;
• reporting periods;
• numerator and denominator definitions;
• construction rules;
• breakdown definitions.

This supporting material should be read alongside the related Digital Commons MHSDS datasets.

Source: NHS England Source publication: https://digital.nhs.uk/data-and-information/publications/statistical/mental-health-services-monthly-statistics