Statistics on number of calls relating to mental health issues amongst teenagers

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Dear West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust,

I would like to request information regarding statistics for the number of calls relating to mental health fears/issues from teenagers in the last 5 years and whether they have increased due to the pressures society places on them.

Yours faithfully,
Ella Iggulden

:Freedom Of Information Mailbox, West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust

Good morning

Thank you for your below enquiry which we acknowledge.

We shall contact you again shortly.

Kind Regards

Lynsey Kumari
Freedom of Information & Document Control Officer
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Millennium Point, Waterfront Way, Brierley Hill, Dudley, DY5 1LX
Tel: 01384 451662
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:Freedom Of Information Mailbox, West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust

Good afternoon

Further to your request below, we can confirm we can provide part of this but it would only be on Chief Complaint at time of call using "Behavioural Issues", "Concern For Welfare", "Mental Health", "Psychiatric or Suicide", "Psychiatric Problems", "Running Call Mental Health Team", "Section 136", "Suicide". There would be no assurance that other call categories not listed did not include some relation to mental health issues (e.g. alcohol related, overdoses) or even that some of those that are listed (e.g. "Behavioural Issues", "Concern for Welfare") were concerned with mental health issues.

We are unable to answer "whether they have increased due to the pressures society places on them" as this is information not recorded or held by us..

Finally, if you wish to proceed, could you please confirm if you require the number of calls or incidents and if this would be for financial or calendar years?

Look forward to hearing from you.

Kind Regards

Lynsey Kumari
Freedom of Information & Document Control Officer
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Millennium Point, Waterfront Way, Brierley Hill, Dudley, DY5 1LX
Tel: 01384 451662
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Dear :Freedom Of Information Mailbox,

That is fine. I would be interested in the number of calls in calendar years.

Yours sincerely,

Ella Iggulden

:Freedom Of Information Mailbox, West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust

Thank you for the below.

We shall contact you again shortly.

Kind Regards

Lynsey Kumari
Freedom of Information & Document Control Officer
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Millennium Point, Waterfront Way, Brierley Hill, Dudley, DY5 1LX
Tel: 01384 451662
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:Freedom Of Information Mailbox, West Midlands Ambulance Service University NHS Foundation Trust

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Good afternoon

Please see the attached letter in respect of your recent request for information under the Freedom of Information Act.

We have also attached a quick survey and we were wondering if we could spare a few moments of your time to complete and return to either myself or the Head of Governance and Risk [email address] to help us improve the service we currently provide.

Kind Regards

Lynsey Kumari
Freedom of Information & Document Control Officer
West Midlands Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust
Millennium Point, Waterfront Way, Brierley Hill, Dudley, DY5 1LX
Tel: 01384 451662
Have you seen our previous FOI responses? Or Our frequently asked FOI page? Check it out by clicking here

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