Deaths relating to all residents in Approved Centres and Community Mental Health Centres
Mental Health Commission (MHC)- Standards and Quality Assurance Division.
6/30/05
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 deaths are collected in accordance with provisions in the following:
- Code of Practice for Mental Health Services on the Notification of Deaths and Incident Reporting (MHC, 2008)
- Mental Health Act 2001 (Approved Centre) Regulations 2006
- Mental Health Act 2001
- Quality Framework for Mental Health Services in Ireland (MHC, 2009).
Data are processed in adherence with the following legislation:
- Data Protection Act 2018
- Data Protection (Amendment) Act 2003
- Data Protection Act 1988
- Freedom of Information (Amendment) Act 2003
- Freedom of Information Act 1997.
Data within scope is data relating to the carrying out of treatments nationally. Data that does not relate to this is out of scope.
National coverage - all deaths relating to residents of approved centres and sudden unexplained deaths of service users attending a day hospital, day centre or 24 hour staffed residences.
Collection started 01/02/2008 and is ongoing.
MHC collects demographic and clinical data in relation to the death of any resident in an approved centre and any sudden, unexplained death of a person attending a day hospital, day centre or 24 hour staffed residence.
MHC Staff -
Corporate Team
Regulatory Team
Inspectorate Team
Tribunals Team.
Initials; date of birth; legal status; marital status; diagnosis; date of death; circumstances surrounding death.
Yes, not online.
Services are requested to provide unique service identifiers.
Yes -
Gender.
Data are extracted from medical charts or records in approved centres and submitted on a secure online system by clinicians or administrative 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 48 hours from the date that the death has occurred within an approved centre and within 7 days from the date of the death if the service is a community health service and if the circumstances of the death are sudden and unexplained.
ICD-10.
450 average number of records created annually.
MHC annual reports since 2008.
MHC annual report and data requests.
No.