CAMHS Waiting List FOI Request
Dear Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust,
This is a Freedom of Information Request for NHS Trusts which run CAMH Services. If your Trust does not operate the CAMHS in your area, please can you let me know which local Trust I should be sending this FOI to.
If you only run one of Core CAMH or CAMH ED services, please just answer the questions that relate to the services you run. Similarly, If you do not hold data for Qs 4 - 6, then please just supply answers to Qs 1 - 3.
Please supply all answers in an excel spreadsheet.
Questions:
1. Please can you tell me the number of children and young people who had been referred to your Core CAMH Services for treatment on or by 31 January 2019 who were still waiting to start treatment with you Core CAMH Services on 31 January 2019?
2. Please can you tell me the number of children and young people who had been referred to your CAMH Eating Disorder Services for treatment on or by 31 January 2019 who were still waiting to start treatment with your CAMH Eating Disorder Services on 31 January 2019?
3. Please answer Question 1 and Question 2 again, but replacing all references to the date “31 January 2019” with the following dates:
28 February 2019
31 March 2019
30 April 2019
31 May 2019
30 June 2019
31 July 2019
31 August 2019
30 September 2019
31 October 2019
30 November 2019
31 December 2019
31 January 2020
29 February 2020
31 March 2020
30 April 2020
31 May 2020
30 June 2020
31 July 2020
31 August 2020
30 September 2020
31 October 2020
30 November 2020
31 December 2020
31 January 2021
28 February 2021
31 March 2021
30 April 2021
31 May 2021
30 June 2021
4. If you hold this data, please can you tell me the number of children and young people who were referred from an Accident & Emergency department to your CAMH Services (including CAMH Eating Disorder Services, if relevant) for treatment by CAMH Services in the month of January 2019?
5. Please can you tell me the number of children and young people known to your Core CAMH (and CAMH Eating Disorder services, if relevant) who were admitted to an Acute Hospital Trust under the Mental Health Act in the month of January 2019?
6. Please answer Question 4 and Question 5 again, but replacing all references to the month “January 2019” the following 29 months, meaning you will again be providing data for a further 29 months:
February 2019
March 2019
April 2019
May 2019
June 2019
July 2019
August 2019
September 2019
October 2019
November 2019
December 2019
January 2020
February 2020
March 2020
April 2020
May 2020
June 2020
July 2020
August 2020
September 2020
October 2020
November 2020
December 2020
January 2021
February 2021
March 2021
April 2021
May 2021
June 2021
Please supply all data in an excel spreadsheet.
Yours faithfully,
Frances Marshall
Dear Frances
Thank you for your request for information. We will respond as soon as possible.
Regards,
Sandra
Sandra Henderson
Executive Administrator
Corporate HQ Administration Team
2nd Floor, Fitzwilliam House, Skimped Hill Lane, Bracknell RG12 1BQ
Dear Frances,
To ensure we understand and respond to your FOI request fully, we require
you to clarify your request to us.
Can you please confirm if you would like us to include Neurodiversity
(ADHD, Autism) and EIP (Early Intervention in Psychosis) data with the
CAMHS data?
We will include CAMHS Eating Disorders data where you have specified.
Kind regards,
Nicole
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear Frances,
To ensure we understand and respond to your FOI request fully, we require
you to clarify your request to us.
We would like to take this opportunity to ask that you respond to us by
clarifying your request by 06 August 2021. If we do not hear back from
you, we will close this FOI request.
If you do respond to us clarifying your FOI request after the above date,
we will log your clarified response as a new FOI request.
Regards,
Sandra
Sandra Henderson
Executive Administrator
Corporate HQ Administration Team
2^nd Floor, Fitzwilliam House, Skimped Hill Lane, Bracknell RG12 1BQ
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From: FOI BHT - Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Sent: 16 July 2021 16:27
To: Frances Marshall <[FOI #772712 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - CAMHS Waiting List FOI
Request - 133
Dear Frances,
To ensure we understand and respond to your FOI request fully, we require
you to clarify your request to us.
Can you please confirm if you would like us to include Neurodiversity
(ADHD, Autism) and EIP (Early Intervention in Psychosis) data with the
CAMHS data?
We will include CAMHS Eating Disorders data where you have specified.
Kind regards,
Nicole
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear FOI BHT - Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust,
Okay, yes, do include "Neurodiversity (ADHD, Autism) and EIP (Early Intervention in Psychosis) data" in your response, but separate it out (if possible) from the primary Core CAMH pathway.
Yours sincerely,
Frances Marshall
Dear Frances,
Thank you for confirming.
I have forwarded this onto our CAMHS service to begin working on.
Kind regards,
Nicole
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust,
I hope you are well? I am contacting you because your response to my FOI request is now delayed. Under FOIA law, your Trust should have responded by 10 August 2021. Please can you now provide this data by the end of the day (11 August 2021).
Yours sincerely,
Frances Marshall
Dear Frances,
Thank you for your email.
As we clarified your request with you on whether you wanted Neurodiversity
(ADHD, Autism) and EIP (Early Intervention in Psychosis) data included
within your request, the clock stopped.
You replied to us on 2nd August 2021, which means the 20 working days
started again from the date you responded to us, making the new deadline
31st August 2021.
Kind regards,
Nicole
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust,
I believe you are misinformed. There was a delay of 0 working days in your request for clarification, and my providing this clarification. Therefore, by law, you ought still to have responded to my request by 10 August 2021. Therefore, you are now in breach of FOIA. Please provide the data requested by close of play today 11 August 2021.
Yours sincerely,
Frances Marshall
Dear Frances,
Thank you for your email.
I can understand your frustration in wanting to receive a response to your
FOI request, please be assured that our team are working hard to provide a
response to your request as soon as possible.
In the interest of time, we will focus on the core CAMHS and CAMHS Eating
Disorder data that you have requested first, before providing the
neurodiversity and EIP data.
Given the complexity of our CAMHS service and that it is already under
pressure, we note that we may go over the 20 working day time obligation
when trying to respond to your FOI request in full, due to the number of
questions and data that you are requesting.
If you are able to refine or narrow down your request, this would allow
our service to work through this request faster. The Trust may be able to
provide advice and assistance to requesters on how the scope of a request
can be narrowed down, however, given the breadth and sheer amount of
information you have requested, in this instance it is not possible for
the Trust to provide such advice and assistance.
Kind regards,
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear Frances,
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request
on our Core CAMHS and CAMHS Eating Disorder service.
Kind regards,
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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From: FOI BHT - Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Sent: 12 August 2021 10:44
To: 'Frances Marshall' <[2][FOI #772712 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - CAMHS Waiting List FOI
Request - 133
Dear Frances,
Thank you for your email.
I can understand your frustration in wanting to receive a response to your
FOI request, please be assured that our team are working hard to provide a
response to your request as soon as possible.
In the interest of time, we will focus on the core CAMHS and CAMHS Eating
Disorder data that you have requested first, before providing the
neurodiversity and EIP data.
Given the complexity of our CAMHS service and that it is already under
pressure, we note that we may go over the 20 working day time obligation
when trying to respond to your FOI request in full, due to the number of
questions and data that you are requesting.
If you are able to refine or narrow down your request, this would allow
our service to work through this request faster. The Trust may be able to
provide advice and assistance to requesters on how the scope of a request
can be narrowed down, however, given the breadth and sheer amount of
information you have requested, in this instance it is not possible for
the Trust to provide such advice and assistance.
Kind regards,
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear Frances,
Following our response to your FOI request 133 on Core CAMHS and CAMHS
Eating Disorder order, can I confirm whether you would still like the data
for the EIP and neurodiversity please?
Kind regards,
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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From: FOI BHT - Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Sent: 16 August 2021 10:49
To: '[FOI #772712 email]'
<[FOI #772712 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - CAMHS Waiting List FOI
Request - 133
Dear Frances,
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request
on our Core CAMHS and CAMHS Eating Disorder service.
Kind regards,
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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From: FOI BHT - Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust
Sent: 12 August 2021 10:44
To: 'Frances Marshall' <[3][FOI #772712 email]>
Subject: RE: Freedom of Information request - CAMHS Waiting List FOI
Request - 133
Dear Frances,
Thank you for your email.
I can understand your frustration in wanting to receive a response to your
FOI request, please be assured that our team are working hard to provide a
response to your request as soon as possible.
In the interest of time, we will focus on the core CAMHS and CAMHS Eating
Disorder data that you have requested first, before providing the
neurodiversity and EIP data.
Given the complexity of our CAMHS service and that it is already under
pressure, we note that we may go over the 20 working day time obligation
when trying to respond to your FOI request in full, due to the number of
questions and data that you are requesting.
If you are able to refine or narrow down your request, this would allow
our service to work through this request faster. The Trust may be able to
provide advice and assistance to requesters on how the scope of a request
can be narrowed down, however, given the breadth and sheer amount of
information you have requested, in this instance it is not possible for
the Trust to provide such advice and assistance.
Kind regards,
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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Dear FOI BHT - Berkshire Healthcare NHS Trust,
Yes please.
Yours sincerely,
Frances Marshall
Dear Frances,
Thank you for confirming - we will continue working on this FOI and respond to you in due course with the data for EIP and neurodiversity.
Kind regards,
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
Dear Frances,
Please find attached our response to your Freedom of Information request
on EIP and neurodiversity data.
Kind regards,
Nicole Stewart
Freedom of Information Officer/ Executive Assistant
Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust
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