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Written question asked by Baroness Fall (Conservative) on Tuesday, 12 January 2021, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 26 January 2021. It was answered by Lord Bethell (Conservative) on Thursday, 21 January 2021 on behalf of the Department of Health and Social Care.


Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

Question

To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the average waiting time between referral to, and treatment by, child and adolescent mental health services since 23 March 2020; and what was the average such time from 23 March 2019 to 22 March 2020.

Answer

The information requested is not held. In order to measure waiting times to mental health services, or to determine if an assessment took place after the patient entered treatment, an access and waiting times standard for the service must be defined for analysis purposes. A national access and waiting times standard has not yet been defined for child and adolescent mental health services.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL12045
Session
2019-21
Related items
Subjects
Children Mental health services Young people
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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