Dear Sir/Madam,

Thank you for your recent email to London North West University Healthcare
NHS Trust, which I can confirm is being treated as a FOI (Freedom of
Information) request.

Our reference number for this request is 2952-20 (*please quote this on
all correspondence)

*Please note that in light of the current pandemic,  your request for
information may be delayed due to urgent operational responses in dealing
with Public Health priorities.  We apologise for any inconvenience that
your request may be subject to, and do remain committed to responding to
your request as soon as possible.

Should you have any further queries or information related to this
request, please do not hesitate in replying to this email.

Kind regards

FOI Team

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

[1][email address]

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Dear Ms Venables,

FOI Ref: 2952-20 (*Please quote this reference number on all
correspondence)

Please find below the response to your Freedom of Information request to
London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust.

You may re-use this information (except for logos) under the terms of the
Open Government Licence^1.  If you would prefer to receive the information
in an alternative electronic format, please let us know.

Please let us know if you require more details or further clarification. 
You can find out more about the Trust and our publication scheme at our
website^2.

I am now in a position to respond to your noted questions/query as
follows;

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 Trust has engaged Section 21 of the Act, where the information being
requested, namely in relation to CAMHS services/data, is already
accessible having previously been disclosed by the Trust following similar
requests.

Please note that in an effort to avoid potential duplication of staffs
efforts, the Trust publishes all Freedom of Information requests received
as part of its Disclosure Log:

[1]https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk/disclosure-log

[2]https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk/disclosure-log?s...

[3]https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk/download.cfm?doc...

[4]https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk/download.cfm?doc...

[5]https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk/download.cfm?doc...

*As confirmed as part of the Trust’s acknowledgment email, staff are
currently responding to urgent operational issues in dealing with Public
Health priorities, and therefore all Freedom of Information submissions at
this time are likely to be subject to delays (Inc. those where information
is centrally recorded and available)

I hope this information helps, however, should you be dissatisfied with
our response, please use our FOI review process by contacting
[6][email address] or writing to:

Information Governance Manager (FOI Review)

Information Governance

Northwick Park Hospital

P Block

Watford Road

Harrow

HA1 3UJ

Please be aware that reviews will not be conducted via public forum, and
we will require your name and contact address in order to respond.

If you remain dissatisfied after a review, you have the right under s50 of
the Act to apply to the Information Commissioner’s Office for a decision.

Further details about this and the Act can be found on their website^3.

^1 Either version 3 or, at your discretion, any later version –
[7]http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/o...

^2 [8]https://www.lnwh.nhs.uk/about-us/freedom...

^3 [9]http://www.ico.org.uk

FOI Team

London North West University Healthcare NHS Trust

[10][email address]

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