The Care Quality Commission received 1,195 second opinion requests in the period 1 April 2009 to 30 June 2009 for patients subject to supervised community treatment, 64 of which have subsequently been withdrawn. As of 1 July 2009, 242 of the second opinion requests received in that period were recorded as having had all action completed.
As of 1 July 2009, 527 second opinion visits for patients subject to supervised community treatment were recorded as having all action completed in the period 1 April 2009 to 30 June 2009. Some of those 527 visits will relate to second opinion requests received prior to 1 April 2009.
As of 1 July 2009, the overall number of second opinion requests received for patients subject to supervised community treatment for the period 3 November 2008 to 30 June 2009 was 2,868, 267 of which were subsequently withdrawn. Of the second opinion requests received in that period, 1,393 were recorded as having had all action completed.
Information on the number of second opinions given but not yet recorded as completed is not available. The figures will change as further information is received.
Information on these subjects is being collected in England by the NHS Information Centre by means of the mental health minimum dataset and central statistical return KP90 (admissions, changes in status and detentions under the Mental Health Act). It is expected that information for the year 2008-09 will be published in November 2009.