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ADHD, Autism and CAMHS Therapy Services – Adult and Children

Dear FOI Team,
I am writing to request the following information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
Please provide details on the Trust’s provision of ADHD, Autism, and CAMHS therapy services across Children’s and Adults’ pathways.
1. Service Availability
For each of the services below, please confirm whether the Trust directly provides the service, commissions it externally, or does not provide it:
Children’s Services
• Children’s ADHD assessments
• Children’s Autism assessments
• CAMHS therapy services (please specify the therapy types delivered: e.g. CBT, family therapy, psychotherapy, group interventions, etc.)
Adult Services
• Adult ADHD assessments
• Adult Autism assessments
2. Responsible Team
For each service that is provided or commissioned, please confirm:
• The team name responsible for delivering or overseeing the service.
• The directorate, care group, or division under which the service sits.
3. Waiting List Ownership
For each service, please provide:
• The job title (and name, if permissible) of the individual responsible for managing or overseeing the waiting list.
• Whether the waiting list is managed internally by the Trust or by an external commissioned provider.
4. Additional Context (If Available)
Where possible, please also share:
• Whether the service is delivered in-house, through an external partner, or via a mixed model.
• Any published pathway documents, service specifications, or summaries relating to ADHD, Autism, or CAMHS therapies.

If any part of this request exceeds the FOI cost limit, please process the remainder that falls within the allowable threshold.
I would be grateful if you could provide the information electronically.
Thank you for your assistance.
Kind regards,

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CAMHS Services

I am writing to request information under the FOI Act about your CAMHS services/neurodevelopmental assessment services for Children and Young People. If you cannot provide this information, please tell me where I can find it.
Please tell me:

1. The number of young people on your waiting list for a first appointment (assessment) as of the date of this email or nearest available.
2: The average length of time young people are currently waiting between referral and first appointment (assessment)
3: The average length of time young people are currently waiting between initial referral and first therapeutic intervention.
4: How many young people assessed were not offered follow up treatment at Camhs in the year 2024-25, as a number and a proportion of the total of young people assessed?
5: The longest time any young person has been on your current waiting list (as of the date of the receipt of this email or nearest)
6: The average wait between referral and assessment for neurodevelopmental/neurodiverse conditions on the date of this request or nearest available data.
7: The number of young people on the waiting list for neurodevelopmental/neurodiverse assessments on the date of this request or nearest available data.

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164-2024

1. In the calendar year 2023 (1 Jan 2023-31 Dec 2023) please provide the total number of new diagnoses your trust has made for a personality disorder in a patient under 18 years of age.

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334-2022

These questions relate to CAMHS services mental health and neurodevelopmental. across all Local Authorities within the ICS.
What age range does your service cover?
How many service users are receiving care and how many children/young people are on the waiting list, split by gender?

What is the average age of autism diagnosis by gender?
How many of your current mental health service users have a diagnosis of autism, split by gender?
Is there an alternative service commissioned to deal with the MENTAL HEALTH needs of diagnosed or suspected autistic people? If yes, please provide details of the scope of their commission.
How many referrals have you received in 2022 and how many have been refused/discharged without appointment or treatment?

The following questions relate to your clients who ALSO have a co-occurring mental health condition as well as being autistic or otherwise neurodivergent.

How many hours of CBT are offered each week?
How many of these hours are specifically adapted for autism?
How many hours of eating disorder therapies are offered each week?
How many are adapted specifically for autism?
Do you commission DBT and is it standard / adapted for autism?
Do you commission EMDR and is it standard / adapted for autism?
Do you commission Art therapies and are they standard / adapted for autism?
Is any Occupational therapy commissioned standard / adapted for autism?
Are lead professionals assigned to young people required to have recent training in autism from autistic-led organisations?
Are new lead professionals required to read case files?
Does your CAMHS offer an alternative method of contact text, email, video. to accommodate autistic young people who find standard therapies hard to access?

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