Freedom of Information Team
Our Ref: FOI/2020.544/JM
The Oast
Date: 19 August 2020
Unit D, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane
Barming
Maidstone
Ms R Venables
ME16 9NT
xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Phone: 01622 211900
Email: xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx
Dear Ms Venables
Web: www.kentcht.nhs.uk
Request for information under the Freedom of Information Act
Thank you for your email dated 11 August 2020, requesting information regarding CAMHS
service for Tier 3.
Please find detailed below a summary of your request, together with our response.
Summary of your request:
1. Breaking down the data by each month, how many young people were referred to
CAMHS service for Tier 3 support from March 2019 to July 2020?
2. Breaking down the data by each month, how many young people were refused CAMHS
services, because the service lacked capacity from March 2019 to July 2020?
3. Regarding CAMHS services in the financial year 2018-19:
i. How many patients waited more than 4 weeks for an initial assessment? (What
percentage of the total is this?) ii. How many patients waited more than 18 weeks for an
initial assessment? (What percentage of the total is this?) iii. How many patients waited
more than 12 months for an initial assessment? (What percentage of the total is this?) iv.
How many patients waited more than 4 weeks to start treatment? (What percentage of the
total is this?) v. How many patients waited more than 18 weeks to start treatment? (What
percentage of the total is this?) vi. How many patients waited more than 12 months to start
treatment? (What percentage of the total is this?) vii. What was the longest wait time for
treatment?
4. Regarding CAMHS services in the financial year 2019-2020:
i. How many patients waited more than 4 weeks for an initial assessment? (What
percentage of the total is this?) ii. How many patients waited more than 18 weeks for an
initial assessment? (What percentage of the total is this?) iii. How many patients waited
more than 12 months for an initial assessment? (What percentage of the total is this?) iv.
How many patients waited more than 4 weeks to start treatment? (What percentage of the
total is this?) v. How many patients waited more than 18 weeks to start treatment? (What
percentage of the total is this?) vi. How many patients waited more than 12 months to start
treatment? (What percentage of the total is this?) vii. What was the longest wait time for
treatment?
The Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust does not provide tier 3 CAMHS; therefore we
do not hold any information pertinent to your request.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal
review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of
the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
xxxx.xxx@xxx.xxx.
Please remember to quote the reference number in any future communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have the right to apply directly
to the Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner’s offices will be
closed for the foreseeable future, and are therefore unable to receive correspondence via post
but can be contacted at
https://ico.org.uk/global/contact-us/. Yours sincerely
Freedom of Information Act Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust copyright
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document/publication should be sent to us at the address above.
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