Dear Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust,

This is a freedom of information request.

I am requesting data on children and young people (CYP) accessing mental health services, including eating disorder services. Please exclude all data relating to CYP accessing learning disability and autism services.

If helpful, you may wish to collect this data from the final submissions to the Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) you will have made.

Contact can include assessment over telephone and/or video conferencing, but can not include text, email or letter contact.

Please answer questions 1 to 5 for the two following time periods:

Time period A) 1st April 2019 to 31 March 2020
Time period B) 1st April 2020 to 31 March 2021

1. During this time period, please give the number of CYP referred to your CAMH for:
1.1 Core CAMH (i.e., including treatment for symptoms of anxiety, depression, trauma symptoms);
1.2 Core Eating Disorder.

2. Of these, how many were emergency referrals for:
2.1 Core CAMH;
2.2 Core Eating Disorder?

3. During this time period, please give the number of CYP waiting longer than 12 weeks without contact by services for:
3.1 Core CAMH;
3.2 Core Eating Disorder.

4. During this time period, please give the number of CYP whose referral was closed before treatment, and who were referred for:
4.1 Core CAMH services;
4.2 Core Eating Disorder services.

5. For CYP whose referrals were closed before treatment, please provide all the reasons why this happened.

6. During this time period, please give the number of CYP still waiting for treatment on 31 March, and who have not been contacted for:
6.1 Core CAMH services;
6.2 Core Eating Disorder services.

Yours faithfully,

Janet Eastham

Dear FOI BHT - Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust,

I hope you are well?

I note that your response to my request "CAMH Mental Health Referral data" is delayed. By law, your Trust should normally have responded promptly and by 9 July 2021.

Please can you respond by close of play today, 13 July 2021.

Yours sincerely,

Janet Eastham