£81.2m
The Alliance’s budget for 2022/23 to provide mental health services
232,973
the estimated working age population
£349
per person per year
Lambeth GP records estimate there are around 4,000 people with serious mental illness in the borough, the highest in the country and three times the national average.1
(1. GLA Housing-Led mid-2021 Estimate)
Acute hospital admissions
91
Average number of acute inpatient bed spaces used in 2022/23
3%
up from 88.1 in 2021/22
Single Point of Access
8,125
Number of introductions2
9%
up from 5,962 in 2021/22
(2. New referrals)
Short Term Support Service
1,987
Number of introductions
5%
down from 2,082 in 2021/22
Crisis Outreach Service
145
Number of introductions
12%
down from 162 in 2021/22
Evening sanctuary
1,114
Attendances
681
Attendances which avoided A&E
Lambeth also has the fifth highest levels for diagnosed psychosis in the country, and is in the top 25% for common mental illnesses.
Tree House (24-7 supported housing)
79
People helped
11%
down from 81 in 2021/22
2,066
Estimated hospital bed days saved
4%
down from 2,154 days in 2021/22
Mental health Social Services
186
New assessments carried out
2%
down from 190 in 2021/22
519
Open safeguarding cases
17%
up from 2021/22
Focused Support Service
617
Number of introductions
9%
up from 567 in 2021/22
415
Number of people discharged
8%
down from 449 2021/22
Talking Therapies Services
11,235
People entering treatment
3%
up from 10,925 in 2021/22
51%
People recovered3
5%
down from 2021/22
(3. Our target is 50%)
Can you help us?
We have a short survey that anyone who use our services is invited to complete. It will take less than three minutes and will tell us how well we are doing and what we need to improve.