Therapy Waiting Times

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Dear Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS 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

SWBH-GM-FOIREQUESTS (SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Dear Naomi,

Re: FOI request ref: F23/0126

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SWBH-GM-FOIREQUESTS (SANDWELL AND WEST BIRMINGHAM HOSPITALS NHS TRUST), Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust

Dear Naomi,

Re: FOI Request ref: F23/0126

We do not provide Mental health therapy as a 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?

I hope that the information provided in this email answers your query. However, if you are dissatisfied with the response please contact the Trust in the first instance with the details of your complaint so the Trust can conduct an internal review. Please address such requests to [Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust request email] or in writing to Kam Dhami, Director of Governance, Trust Headquarters, Sandwell Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich, B71 4HJ. Alternatively, if you remain unhappy with the outcome you can appeal directly to the Information Commissioner at the following address: www.ico.gov.uk

Kind regards

Freedom of Information Office
[Sandwell and West Birmingham Hospitals NHS Trust request email]
 Trust Headquarters, Health and Wellbeing Centre, Sandwell General Hospital, Lyndon, West Bromwich B71 4HJ

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