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Social Care and Mental Health Indicators from the National Indicator Set

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This dataset covers 12 indicators from the National Indicator Set (NIS) relating to social care and mental health services, collected by the NHS Information Centre (now NHS Digital). The NIS underpinned the performance framework for local government in England, established under the local government White Paper Strong and Prosperous Communities, which introduced a single set of national outcomes and indicators to measure local authority performance. The subset covered here focuses specifically on social care and mental health service measures.This National Indicator Set (NIS) underpins the performance framework for local government and meets the then government's commitment, as set out in the local government White Paper Strong and Prosperous Communities, to introduce a clear set of national outcomes and a single set of national indicators by which to measure them. The NHS Information Centre collects information on 12 of the indicators which relate to social care and mental health services.