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P. Smith made this Freedom of Information request to West Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT)
The request was partially successful.
From: P. Smith
14 March 2011
Dear West Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT),
We have found out that Essex local CAMHS professionals can be
dealing with children with autism even though they have no basic
autism training.
Is this ethical? Is this helpful? Is this professional?
Essex parents say this finding does not surprise them.
Quotes from parents:
“I always assumed (obviously wrongly) that CAMHS were expert on
Autism. That explains why so many people proclaim they are
useless!”
“We found out the hard way with our eldest that our CAMHS knew
diddly squat about autism.”
We would like to know, please ...
Is there supposed to be a minimum autism training requirement for
all CAMHS staff in the UK, specified by the Department of Health,
or other regulatory body?
What sort of training is this? Who provides it?
If so, how do you check that staff have this minimum training
requirement?
E.g.: Are jobs advertised with this as part of the JD / criteria?
Does CAMHS offer it's staff in-service training? Who provides this?
Are you in contact with local parent groups? Have you had any
consultations with them about the quality / effectiveness of
service that you provide for children with autism?
We know of so many children / young people with autism who have
been damaged by the education system, and then this damage is
further compounded by (untrained in ASCs) CAMHS "professionals".
What are you doing about this?
We would like to see all CAMHS staff properly trained in autism, as
it is a complex, multi-layered and so very often misunderstood
condition - even by so-called experts / professionals.
Parents often have to adapt their behaviours and lives around thier
child(ren), and this fact is often grossly misunderstood /
misinterpreted by so-called professionals / experts, (who are often
untrained in autism), and the parents are blamed.
One example re course in autism:
http://www3.open.ac.uk/study/undergradua...
NAS training:
http://www.autism.org.uk/training
Yours faithfully,
[P. Smith]
From: Matthews Jacquie (5PV) West Essex PCT
West Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT)
6 April 2011
Dear Ms Smith
Further to your request for information made to the PCT on CAMHS
training in autism/Aspergers/ASCs, pursuant to the Freedom of
Information Act ("the Act.
Autism in itself is not a Mental Illness, however, young people are
referred to CAMHS with related Mental Health issues who are also
autistic. This is true of many other developmental or indeed physical
disorders.
There are no minimum requirements nationally for training in respect of
Autism for CAMHS professionals. The local provider trust North Essex
Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (NEPFT) do not therefore check
routinely or include it in job adverts or Job Descriptions.
Having discussed with NEPFT, we are advised that staff in CAMH service
come from a variety of professional backgrounds, some of whom will have
a degree of knowledge about autism, for example, clinical psychologists,
nurses with a Learning Disability training.
The Essex CAMHS Stakeholder Partnership Group has a multi-agency
workforce plan which will be looking at the skills and competencies of
the CAMHS workforce across all partner agencies.
NEPFT consulted in 2010-11 with young service users through a service
user survey and this year will be conducting a parents survey as part of
their contracted agreement with Primary Care Trusts.
Under the Act, you have the right to complain about our response to your
request. If you have such a complaint, you may contact the Corporate
Service Officer directly or submit a complaint to the Corporate
Complaints Department within 28 days of this letter. If you are not
satisfied with the outcome of that complaint, you have the right to
lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner who can be contacted
at information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
I would be grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to complete
the satisfaction survey below:
http://www.westessexpct.nhs.uk/aboutus/f...
Yours sincerely
Jacquie Matthews
Corporate Service Officer
NHS West Essex
Building 1,St. Margaret's Hospital
The Plain,Epping
Essex ,CM16 6TN
' 01992 566121
* [email address]
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From: P. Smith
6 April 2011
Dear Matthews Jacquie (5PV) West Essex PCT,
Thank you for your response.
Re: "Having discussed with NEPFT, we are advised that staff in CAMH
service come from a variety of professional backgrounds, some of
whom will have
a degree of knowledge about autism, for example, clinical
psychologists, nurses with a Learning Disability training."
Especially re: "SOME of whom will have a DEGREE of knowledge about
autism .." SOME and a DEGREE of - just is not good enough, also
autism is not a learning disability as such, and may not be
included in LD training, particularly not high functioning autism
and Aspergers.
If CAMHS staff are routineley seeing children on the autism
spectrum, they need specialist training in autism, otherwise when
they encounter the very different type of mind, perceptions and
behaviour, they will misunderstand and make incorrect assumptions,
and not give appropriate support, which can make a distressed
child's problems even worse.
Which parents / local support groups will be included in
consultations please? This training needs to be proper and
appropriate.
If parents or local support groups want to take part, who do they
contact? Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
[P. Smith]
From: Matthews Jacquie (5PV) West Essex PCT
West Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT)
7 April 2011
Freedom of Information Request
I write to confirm receipt of your request for information pursuant to
the Freedom of Information Act 2000 ("the Act"). A response to your
request will be made promptly but, in any event within 20 working days
of receipt unless you are otherwise informed. Please note that under the
Act you may be charged a fee for the PCT to comply with your request. If
this is the case, you will be notified in advance.
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From: P. Smith
27 April 2011
Dear Matthews Jacquie (5PV) West Essex PCT,
Any sign of a response yet?
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
[P. Smith]
From: Matthews Jacquie (5PV) West Essex PCT
West Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT)
27 April 2011
I will be out of the office on Friday 22nd April returning on the
Tuesday 3rd May. If you have an urgent enquiry please contact the office
on 01992 566121.
From: Matthews Jacquie (5PV) West Essex PCT
West Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT)
4 May 2011
Dear Ms Smith
The deadline date for this response is 10th May 2011. We will endeavour
to response within the set timescale.
Regards
Jacquie
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From: P. Smith
9 May 2011
Dear Matthews Jacquie (5PV) West Essex PCT,
OK Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
[P. Smith]
From: Matthews Jacquie (5PV) West Essex PCT
West Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT)
10 May 2011
Dear Ms Smith
Further to your request for information made to the PCT on CAMHS /
Aspergers / ASCs, pursuant to the Freedom of Information Act ("the Act).
Question: Which parents / local support groups will be included in
consultations please? This training needs to be proper and appropriate.
If parents or local support groups want to take part, who do they
contact?
The Essex ASD / Autism Task and Finish Group have met twice to date.
This group is going to be looking at assessing service delivery and
pathways and potentially propose recommendations for potential service
redesign.
All local groups and parents will be invited to a future stakeholder
event through a variety of methods of communication. The date, venue and
agenda are yet to be decided.
For more details please contact:
Dr Sita jayakumar MSc, MRCP, FRCPCH (Chair) Consultant Paediatrician
Brentwood Community Hospital Crescent Drive Brentwood Essex
CM15 8DR
Sian Brand
Maternity, Neonate and Children & Young Peoples' Services Commissioner
NHS Mid Essex Swift House Hedgerows Business Park Colchester Road
Springfield Chelmsford Essex
CM2 5PF
Under the Act, you have the right to complain about our response to your
request. If you have such a complaint, you may contact the Corporate
Service Officer directly or submit a complaint to the Corporate
Complaints Department within 28 days of this letter. If you are not
satisfied with the outcome of that complaint, you have the right to
lodge a complaint with the Information Commissioner who can be contacted
at information Commissioners Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane,
Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
I would be grateful if you could spare a couple of minutes to complete
the satisfaction survey below:
http://www.westessexpct.nhs.uk/aboutus/f...
Yours sincerely
Jacquie Matthews
Corporate Service Officer
NHS West Essex
Building 1,St. Margaret's Hospital
The Plain,Epping
Essex ,CM16 6TN
' 01992 566121
* [email address]
Confidentiality Notice
The information contained in the transmission is confidential and may be
subject to legal privilege. It is intended only for the addressee(s)
stated above. If you are not an addressee you should not disclose, copy,
circulate or in any other way use the information contained in this
transmission, Such unauthorised use may be unlawful. If you have
received this transmission in error, please notify the sender
immediately.
NHS West Essex is subject to the NHS Code of Openness, the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 and the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
If it is asked by a third party to disclose information sent to it by
email , decisions about the release of such information will be made on
the basis of its understanding and application of the legislation.
Unless the information is legally exempt from disclosure, the
confidentiality of this e-mail and your reply cannot be guaranteed
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From: P. Smith
17 May 2011
Dear Matthews Jacquie (5PV) West Essex PCT,
OK thank you very much.
Yours sincerely,
[P. Smith]
From: P. Smith
18 May 2011
Dear West Essex Primary Care Trust (PCT),
http://www.cfps.org.uk/what-we-do/public...
Yours faithfully,
[P. Smith]
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