The Office for Statistics Regulation wrote to Simon Stevens about Mental health spending

31 January 2018 · Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation

The letter, dated 31 January 2018, replies to correspondence of 31 January 2018. The Office for Statistics Regulation published it as Mental health spending. Below are 3 passages from the letter in the regulator's own words.

What the Office for Statistics Regulation wrote

“We understand the Chair of the committee has since written to you to seek clarification on the specific data source, and we look forward to seeing your response when it is publicly available.”

“We very much welcome the way that NHS England is collating various data on mental health, which includes spending data by Clinical Commissioning Groups, in this dashboard.”

“We would therefore encourage NHS England to review the dashboard, to include all data needed to verify figures used publically, and to expand the commentary accompanying it so that key messages – like spending increases – are more clearly highlighted.”

From Ed Humpherson, Office for Statistics Regulation, letter of 31 January 2018. Read the full letter.

Correspondence

• The letter it answered: Response on mental health spending (31 January 2018)

Receipt