Written question asked by Michael Wheeler (Labour) on Monday, 24 February 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 10 March 2025 (named day). It was answered by Stephen Kinnock (Labour) on Monday, 10 March 2025 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.

Mental Health Services: Greater Manchester

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in (a) Salford and (b) Wigan in each of the last five years.

Answer

The following table shows the number of referrals accepted by child and adolescent mental health services in Salford in each month from 2020/21 up to December 2024, the month for which most recent data is available:

Month	2024/25	2023/24	2022/23	2021/22	2020/21
April	267	196	287	127	75
May	325	304	269	171	84
June	301	386	223	156	101
July	385	378	158	127	130
August	194	243	336	78	121
September	317	243	277	153	175
October	366	262	295	123	161
November	343	340	277	107	176
December	302	246	305	118	117
January		283	265	126	107
February		269	300	173	106
March		316	288	170	169

Source: NHS England

The following table shows the number of referrals accepted by child and adolescent mental health services in Wigan in each month from 2020/21 up to December 2024, the month for which most recent data is available:

Month	2024/25	2023/24	2022/23	2021/22	2020/21
April	125	51	100	44	4
May	130	111	97	27	5
June	118	96	87	30	12
July	79	92	53	41	20
August	50	45	39	39	23
September	117	72	62	18	34
October	166	107	66	34	30
November	163	118	87	53	28
December	97	108	46	34	25
January		136	82	95	25
February		115	63	75	34
March		132	91	97	40

Source: NHS England

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Type: Written question
Reference: 33268
Session: 2024-26
Subjects: Children Mental health services Wigan Young people Salford
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.parliament.uk

Mental Health Services: Greater Manchester

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