Table 5. Contacts with mental health professionals, weighted percentages.
| Locus of care - secondary care mental health services | ||||
| SMI diagnosis | Schizophrenia | Bipolar disorder | All diagnoses1 | |
| N | 461 | 286 | 796 | |
| Number of contacts in secondary care (%) | Not recorded | 11.4 | 16.7 | 13.4 |
| 1/2 | 48.3 | 44.2 | 47.5 | |
| 3/4 | 29.3 | 22.1 | 26.1 | |
| 5/6 | 6.8 | 7.7 | 7.1 | |
| ≥7 | 4.2 | 9.3 | 6.0 | |
| Mean (median) contacts | 2.4 (2) | 2.7 (2) | 2.5 (2) | |
| Service type (%) | High intensity2 | 5.9 | 4.6 | 5.6 |
| Other3 | 94.1 | 95.4 | 94.4 | |
| Contact with (% of patients) 4 | Consultant psychiatrist | 46.1 | 48.5 | 46.7 |
| Staff grade psychiatrist | 20.4 | 22.1 | 20.6 | |
| CPN | 10.3 | 11.1 | 10.4 | |
| Other MH professional | 17.7 | 13.6 | 15.8 | |
| Unknown MH professional | 24.1 | 25.3 | 25.6 | |
| Contact with (% of all contacts) 5 | Consultant psychiatrist | 45.6 | 52.6 | 48.5 |
| Staff grade psychiatrist | 22.3 | 21.7 | 22.0 | |
| CPN | 8.2 | 6.1 | 7.3 | |
| Other MH professional | 20.5 | 14.2 | 17.9 | |
| Unknown MH professional | 3.4 | 5.5 | 4.2 | |
Includes an additional 49 patients with other psychoses e.g. psychotic illnesses, non-organic psychotic disorder, schizoaffective disorder or with no specified diagnosis.
Patients who have been in contact with Home Treatment Teams/ Crisis Resolution, Assertive Community Treatment, Early Intervention Services, Forensic Services or Outreach Services.
Patients in contact with CMHT, Outpatient Psychiatry, Rehabilitation/ Recovery, Family Therapy, Inpatient Detox, Psychology, Shared Care for Substance Misuse. Includes 134 patients with no contact data recorded and 86 in contact with an ‘unidentified’ service, but with evidence of a care coordinator or a psychiatrist.
Can add up to more than 100%.
Contacts as a % of all contacts (total contacts: schizophrenia patients 1,084; bipolar patients 808; all diagnoses 1,993).