Therapy Waiting Times

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Naomi
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Dear North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust,

Please can you provide the data that answers the following questions:

- What is the current waiting time from referral to first appointment for mental health therapy in general, and what was the waiting time 1, 5, and 10 years ago?

- What is the current waiting time from referral to first appointment for the following, and what was the waiting time 1, 5, and 10 years ago?
Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)
Guided self-help
Counselling
Behavioural activation
Interpersonal therapy (IPT)
Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing (EMDR)
Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy (MBCT)
Psychodynamic psychotherapy
Couple therapy

- What other mental health therapy options do you offer and what are the waiting times from referral to the first appointment, currently, 1, 5, and 10 years ago?

Yours faithfully,

Naomi Aharony

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Good afternoon,

Thank you for your email. Unfortunately, the Trust will be unable to provide a response to this request as from the 1st October 2019, Cumbria Partnership NHS Foundation Trust (CPFT) and North Cumbria University Hospitals (NCUH) merged into a new Trust, North Cumbria Integrated Care NHS Foundation Trust (NCIC). NCIC now deal with Acute and Community Services.
Mental Health and learning disability services in Cumbria have transferred to two large mental health providers. From the 1st October 2019, north Cumbria services are now provided by Cumbria Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust (CNTW) and in the south, Lancashire and South Cumbria NHS Foundation Trust (LCFT).
Please forward this relevant FOI to
• Cumbria, Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust - [email address]
• Lancashire Care – [email address]

Kind regards,
Information Rights Team
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