Police Involvement In Interagency Crisis Mental Health First Response Pathways In England: A Realist And Cost Consequence Analysis (PIONEER-MH)

Data-sharing agreement from NHS England Data Uses Register. Evidence status: source reported.

Organisation: NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY
Published: 2026-09-28
Source reference: DARS-NIC-797405-H6S8S-v0.6
Jurisdiction: England
Licence: Open Government Licence v3.0, subject to NHS England terms and exclusions

Register reference: DARS-NIC-797405-H6S8S-v0.6
Applicant type: Academic
Data controllers: CUMBRIA, NORTHUMBERLAND, TYNE AND WEAR NHS FOUNDATION TRUST
Agreement period: 2026-09-28 to 2029-09-27
For commercial purposes (as marked in the register): No
Release files listed by NHS England: 0

Data approved

Emergency Care Data Set (ECDS)
Hospital Episode Statistics Admitted Patient Care (HES APC)
Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS)

Objective, as published

The Data will be used for the purpose of a research project: Police Involvement In Interagency Crisis Mental Health First Response Pathways In England: A Realist And Cost Consequence Analysis (PIONEER-MH) The aim of the project are to understand and evaluate the implementation, delivery, costs, and outcomes of community multi-agency first response mental health crisis pathways in England in response to the policing strategy ‘Right Care Right Person’ (RCRP). It aims to address evidence gaps regarding the impact of Right Care Right Person (RCRP) on NHS service demand, Patient outcomes, Interagency working and System-level costs NHS England data will be accessed and analysed within the National Secure Data Environment (SDE) as part of Workstream 2a (longitudinal observational study) which will be used to inform Workstream 3 (cost-consequence analysis). The Data will be used to assess changes in service utilisation, patient outcomes, and system-level resource use before and after implementation of RCRP across selected study sites. The study sites are Avon and Somerset, Cumbria, West Yorkshire and South London Lambeth Borough.

Expected benefits, as published

The services provided to clients are expected to identify improvement opportunities which the client may then exploit by making changes to systems, processes, resources or infrastructure in order to improve patient experience and patient care. The use of the data could: • help the system to better understand the health and care needs of populations. • lead to the identification or improvement of treatments or interventions, or health and care system design to improve health and care outcomes or experience. • advance understanding of regional and national trends in health and social care needs. It is hoped that through publication of findings in appropriate media, the findings of this research will add to the body of evidence that is considered by the bodies, organisations and individual c…

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Source: https://digital.nhs.uk/services/data-access-request-service-dars/data-uses-register. Captured 2026-11-05.

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