NHS Digital says 23,000 sought hospital treatment in 2017-18, but numbers fell to 15,500 by 2021-22
The number of patients who have received hospital treatment for mood disorders in England has decreased by a third in five years, as the NHS grapples with a chronic shortage of mental health beds.
According to NHS Digital data, more than 23,000 people sought NHS hospital treatment for mood disorders in the country in 2017-18. But by 2021-22, this had dropped to 15,532.
