Waiting times for mental health treatment
Dear NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group,
I am writing to request data under the Freedom of Information (2000) regarding the length of time between referral and starting treatment for psychological therapies, for patients referred in July 2018. I include in this all talking therapies offered within your service, and all methods of referral.
If this data is unavailable, I would like to know the current median average time a patient will spend on a waiting list before recieving psychological therapy.
Please contact me with any queries or clarifications regarding this request. I look forward to your response.
Yours faithfully,
Emma Yeomans
Dear Emma Yeomans
Thank you for your Freedom of Information enquiry:
Subject: waiting times for mental health treatment
Information Required
Our Ref: FOIA180731
Date FOI Received: 31/07/2018
Date FOI Response by: 29/08/2018
(20 working days from date of receipt)
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Dear Emma Yeomans
Further to your Freedom of Information request.
Information Required
FOIA Reference Number: FOIA180731
Date FOI Received: 31/07/2018
Date FOI Response by: 29/08/2018
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Subject: Waiting times for mental health treatment
I am writing to request data under the Freedom of Information (2000)
regarding the length of time between referral and starting treatment for
psychological therapies, for patients referred in July 2018. I include in
this all talking therapies offered within your service, and all methods of
referral.
If this data is unavailable, I would like to know the current median
average time a patient will spend on a waiting list before receiving
psychological therapy.
Your request for information has now been considered and the information
requested is enclosed.
NHS East and North Hertfordshire CCG’s response is:
Response: NHS East and North Hertfordshire Clinical Commissioning Group
is a commissioner of services and does not directly provide any mental
health service, therefore,
the CCG does not hold the information requested and is unable to answer
any of the questions.
Some or all of this information may be held by Hertfordshire Partnership
Foundation NHS Trust the organisation best placed to respond.
We would therefore advise you to submit your FoI request to Hertfordshire
Partnership University NHS Foundation Trust using the following
signposting
[Freedom of Information enquiries]: [2][email address]
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and North Hertfordshire CCG and is therefore subject to Intellectual
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Regards
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Welwyn Garden City
Herts AL8 6JL
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