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Results of 2010 National Census

Summary: Count me in 2010 is a report on the results of the 2010 national census of inpatients on supervised community treatment in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales

This is the sixth and last national census of the ethnicity of inpatients in NHS and independent mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales, conducted on 31 March 2010.
The census has been undertaken annually since 2005 in support of the Department of Health’s five-year action plan for improving mental health services for Black and minority ethnic communities in England, Delivering Race Equality in Mental Health Care (DRE). It also supports the Welsh Assembly Government’s Raising the Standard: Race Equality Action Plan for Adult Mental Health Services in Wales, published in October 2006. The aim of the census was to support these action plans by:
1. Obtaining accurate figures relating to patients in mental health and learning disability services in England and Wales.
2. Encouraging providers of health services to implement procedures for the comprehensive recording and monitoring of data on the ethnic group of patients.
3. Providing information to help health services achieve the goals of the action plans.

The DRE five-year action plan for England came to a close in 2010. While this report reviews changes in the census results since 2005, it is not a review or evaluation of the DRE programme overall (The National Mental Health Development Unit published Race Equality Action Plan: a five year review in December 2010). DRE’s underlying goal of promoting equity in health care for Black and minority ethnic communities in England continues to be reflected in government policy on tackling inequalities in health and outcomes of healthcare, and is central to demonstrating compliance with equality legislation.

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