NHS ‘missing’ thousands of mental health patients who are only seen by ambulances

NHS ‘missing’ thousands of mental health patients who are only seen by ambulances

Young people in distress who are treated by paramedics or A&E staff are not being recorded in England’s health statistics

Thousands of patients are being omitted from official health statistics because they are not seen by hospitals or GPs, according to a groundbreaking study of ambulance data in England.

More than a third of people who made calls attended by Yorkshire ambulance service (YAS) last year – 288,000 of about 800,000 – did not go to hospital. Many of these patients had mental health issues.

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