Administration of Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT) in approved Centres

MHC collects demographic and clinical data in relation to the administration of ECT in approved centres nationally. **Purpose:** The Commission was established in 2002. They are an independent body and their functions are set out by law in the Mental Health Act 2001. Their main functions are to promote, encourage and foster high standards and good practices in the delivery of mental health services and to protect the interests of patients who are involuntarily admitted. The Mental Health Commission is responsible for regulating and monitoring mental health services. Data on the administration of ECT are collected in acco **Coverage:** National: All approved centres that administer ECT or refer a person to another approved centre for ECT treatment. Collection started 01/01/2008 and is ongoing.

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Identifier NDC-0003
Isopen True
Issued 2008-01-01
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License Title Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike
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Max Typical Age 85
Metadata Created 2026-03-19T17:17:03.938381
Metadata Modified 2026-03-19T17:17:03.938384
Min Typical Age 15
Modified 2023-10-25
Name administration-of-electro-convulsive-therapy-ect-in-approved-centres-3
Notes MHC collects demographic and clinical data in relation to the administration of ECT in approved centres nationally. **Purpose:** The Commission was established in 2002. They are an independent body and their functions are set out by law in the Mental Health Act 2001. Their main functions are to promote, encourage and foster high standards and good practices in the delivery of mental health services and to protect the interests of patients who are involuntarily admitted. The Mental Health Commission is responsible for regulating and monitoring mental health services. Data on the administration of ECT are collected in acco **Coverage:** National: All approved centres that administer ECT or refer a person to another approved centre for ECT treatment. Collection started 01/01/2008 and is ongoing.
Num Resources 0
Num Tags 5
Number Of Records 1375101
Number Of Unique Individuals 37306
Private False
Provenance Data are extracted from registers in approved centres and submitted on a secure online system by clinicians or administrative staff with an individual user account. The secure online system is operated by MHC staff who also have individual user accounts. Data collection occurs when information is submitted to MHC by clinicians or administrative staff in approved centres. Staff in approved centres are required to submit this data within 7 days of the completion of the ECT programme.
Title Administration of Electro-convulsive Therapy (ECT) in approved Centres
Type dataset

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