It compiles routinely updated indicators from multiple sources and summarises important recent findings.
Research using Understanding Society, for example, has shown that:
- three-quarters of adults reported consistently good (46.2%) or very good (30.9%) mental health between April and October 2020. 15.8% reported large initial declines in mental health but recovered to their pre-pandemic levels by October. 4.8% reported a steady deterioration in mental health over the period, and 2.3% reported very poor mental health throughout
- people from ethnic minorities were at higher risk of reporting deteriorations in mental health that were sustained or worsened between March and September 2020
- around 14% of respondents who faced multiple financial struggles and took advantage of non-work-based financial support reported a new mental health diagnosis between May 2020 and January 2021. Among adults who benefitted financially during the pandemic just 4% reported a new mental health diagnosis.
The quarterly report aims to inform policy, planning and commissioning in health and social care by providing close to real time intelligence on the mental health and wellbeing of the population in England during the Covid pandemic.
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