This is the ninth annual report presenting the results of the finance mapping exercise.  It provides details of the level of investment in mental health services for working age adults (aged 18-64) in England for 2009/10 and compares it with the reported results in previous years

The data was less detailed in the first year of collection 2001/02 and some services were defined or grouped differently. This does not affect the highest level analysis e.g. total investment in year, but it could and does impact more detailed comparative analysis with later years.  Consequently, comparisons at service group level commence from 2002/03.

Previous years investment have been adjusted by the GDP Deflator Figures for 31 March 2010 published by HM Treasury to reflect past investment at today’s prices.

The adult mental health analysis provides the following overall key findings:

• Total investment increased from £5.892 billion in 2008/09 to £6.311 billion which is a 7.1 percent cash increase and a real increase of 5.3 percent
• Since 2001/02, the real term total investment, after allowing for inflation, has increased by £2.315 billion from £3.996 billion to £6.311 billion in 2009/10; this represents an increase of 58 percent in real terms after allowing for inflation (see Figure Four).
• The reported investment in the three priority areas (Crisis Resolution, Early Intervention and Assertive Outreach) has risen by 5 percent between 2008/09 and 2009/10, once we have added estimates of the unreported data from part of the West Midlands.
• Total investment in adult mental health services in 2009/10 (reported investment plus estimated unreported investment) was £6.311 billion or £193 per head of weighted working age population.

The analysis revealed the following about the investment between SHAs

• All 10 SHAs reported real increases in investment after inflation. Six SHAs reported increases over 5 percent, whilst two SHAs - North East and South Central reported real term increases of less than 1 percent.
• London reported a rise of 6.3 percent in real level of investment and maintained its position of the highest weighted investment per head spending SHA.  Weighted investment in adult mental health services in London was £211 per head compared to the national average of £193 per head.
• The amount invested per weighted head varies among SHAs by between 8.9 percent above, and 9.8 percent below the national average (£193)

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