LBC Request : CAMHS

Response to this request is long overdue. By law, under all circumstances, NHS South Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group should have responded by now (details). You can complain by requesting an internal review.

Rachael Venables

Dear NHS South Warwickshire Clinical Commissioning Group,

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:
- How many patients waited more than 4 weeks for an initial assessment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- How many patients waited more than 18 weeks for an initial assessment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- How many patients waited more than 12 months for an initial assessment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- How many patients waited more than 4 weeks to start treatment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- How many patients waited more than 18 weeks to start treatment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- How many patients waited more than 12 months to start treatment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- What was the longest wait time for treatment?

4. Regarding CAMHS services in the financial year 2019-2020:
- How many patients waited more than 4 weeks for an initial assessment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- How many patients waited more than 18 weeks for an initial assessment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- How many patients waited more than 12 months for an initial assessment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- How many patients waited more than 4 weeks to start treatment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- How many patients waited more than 18 weeks to start treatment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- How many patients waited more than 12 months to start treatment? (What percentage of the total is this?)
- What was the longest wait time for treatment?

Yours faithfully,

Rachael Venables