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Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) patients and treatments administered in England

A count of in-person administrations of electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) by number of patients and treatments by age band, gender, and indices of multiple deprivation quartiles, between 01/01/2024 and 31/12/2024.
Date published:
19 November 2025

Request received

We were asked to provide information relating to the use of electroconvulsive therapy between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024 by the number of patients who received ECT and the number of treatments given across the same period. We were also asked to break this information down by index of multiple deprivation (IMD) quintile, age group, and gender.

Our response

We have provided a count of in-person ECT patients and treatments occurring between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024, these have been arranged by:

  1. ECT patient count
  2. ECT treatment count
  3. ECT treatments by IMD quintile
  4. ECT patients by age band and gender

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Last edited: 19 November 2025 11:10 am