Appointment waiting times
Dear Cardiff and Vale University Health Board,
I hope this email find you well.
I wish to request some information regarding waiting times.
1. Please provide information on the following points, providing a breakdown for the years 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 – present.
1a. The average waiting time between someone’s first appointment and their first follow-up appointment within Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.
1b. The longest time a person has had to wait for their first appointment within this service.
1c. The longest time a person has had to wait for their first follow-up appointment within this service.
Dear Craig Dixhuit,
I am writing in response to your e-mail below requesting information from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (the UHB) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
The Freedom of Information Act 2000 gives individuals the right to access official information. The Act allows the right to request any recorded information held by a public authority, such as Cardiff and Vale UHB. A request can be made for any information it is thought a public authority may hold. The right only covers recorded information which includes information held on computers, in emails and in printed or handwritten documents as well as images, video and audio recordings.
A request can take the form of a question, rather than a request for specific documents, but an authority does not have to answer your question if this would mean creating new information or giving an opinion or judgment that is not already recorded.
As you are making a request under the Freedom of Information Act the UHB will consider your request in accordance with the Act and in line with the appropriate guidance issued by the Information Commissioner as detailed below.
The UHB will:
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I would now like to confirm that your request has been forwarded to the relevant department to action. A further response will be issued in due course.
As your request is being dealt with under Freedom of Information, there is a deadline of 20 working days for response to be issued.
Yours sincerely,
Guillaume Bigsby
Information Governance
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
02920 744870
Dear Craig Dixhuit,
I am writing further to your e-mail below requesting information from Cardiff and Vale University Health Board (the UHB) under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
I can now confirm that the UHB has completed a search of its records and has established it does hold information falling within the confines of your request and is in a position to respond to your request. Please see attached above the information that can be disclosed which I trust is sufficient for your purposes.
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If you are not content with the outcome of any complaint, you may apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a decision. Generally, the Information Commissioners Office (ICO) cannot make a decision unless you have exhausted the complaints procedure provided by the UHB. Contact details for the ICO can be found here: https://ico.org.uk/about-the-ico/who-we-...
Should you have any queries or need clarification on any aspect of this response, please do not hesitate to contact me directly by responding to this email.
Yours sincerely,
Guillaume Bigsby
Information Governance
Cardiff and Vale University Health Board
02920 744870
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