£83m
The Alliance’s budget for 2023/24 to provide mental health services
234,597
the estimated working age population
£353
per person per year
4,000 people with serious mental illness in the borough, the highest in the country and three times the national average. Lambeth also has the fifth highest levels for diagnosed psychosis in the country, and is in the top 25% for common mental illnesses.
(1. GLA Housing-Led mid-2021 Estimate)
Acute hospital admissions
85.3
average number of beds used in 2023/24
6%
down 6% from 90.8 beds in 2022/23
Single Point of Access
7,175
Number of introductions2
12%
down from the previous year
Crisis Outreach Service
242
Number of introductions
49%
up from 162 in 2022/23
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)
74
People helped
6%
down 6% from 79 in 2022/23
1,957
Estimated hospital bed days saved
5%
down 5% from 2,066 days in 2022/23
Mental health Social Services
141
New assessments carried out
24%
down 24% from 186 in 2022/23
534
Open safeguarding cases
3%
up 3% from 2022/23
Focused Support Service
710
Number of introductions
15%
up 15% from 617 in 2022/23
335
Number of people discharged
19%
down 19% from 415 people discharged in 2022/23
Talking Therapies Services
11,520
People entering treatment
3%
up from 11,235 in 2022/23
51%
People recovered3
(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.