Therapy Waiting Times
Dear Kent Community Health 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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Dear Ms Aharony
With regard to your request for information via the Freedom of Information
Act 2000, please find attached our response.
Kind regards
FOI Team
Kent Community Health NHS Foundation Trust
The Oast, Hermitage Court
Hermitage Lane, Maidstone
Kent, ME16 9NT
01622 211900
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