Thank you for your information request. The following figures are for transitions for 17 and 18 year olds from Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust child and adolescent mental health service CAMHS. to adult community learning disability and adult community mental health services Please note that transitions to Let’s Talk, an improving access to psychological therapies IAPT. service, is not included as the data is held on a different reporting system. Transitions to GRIP early interventions in psychosis service. are also not included as transitions may take place from the age of 14. 1. Please provide the figures for the total number of children and young people discharged from children’s mental health services with a referral to adult mental health services for each of the last three full financial years.
The figures below are for the year the referral was received by the adult service rather than the year of discharge. This is because the referral is made before the young person is discharged from CAMHS to make sure there is a continued and smooth transition of care between services please see attached policy for further details.. A young person may have been seen by more than one CAMHS service and may have more than one referral to an adult service. Only the most recent referral has been counted. This is a count of young people not referrals. Year referral received Number of young people
2019/20 14
2020/21 18
2021/22 20
2. Please provide the waiting time figures between discharge for CAMHS services and first appointment with adult mental health services for the last three full financial year
Due to the overlap in care between CAMHS and adult services it is not possible to calculate the waiting time for first appointment from discharge. Discharge from CAMHS often happens after the first appointment in adult services.
3. Please provide figures for the last three full financial years: 2019/20. 2020/21. 2021/22. with the proportion of people who
a. Did have a care plan in place when they were discharged from CAMHS to adult mental health services. b. Did not have a care plan in place when they were discharged from CAMHS to adult mental health services.
It is not possible for us to provide the proportion of young people with a care plan in place at transition. Care plans can be uploaded to RiO, the IT system but it will require a manual audit of every case to check if one is present for the time of transition. Service users may have had several care plans during their care with the service. This audit would be too resource intensive to complete. 4. Do mental health services for children and young people have a transition policy in place to support people to transfer to adult mental health services?
Yes, we have a transition policy in place, which is attached.
FOI Request
Description of the information requested: Information relating to children and young people’s mental health service including information on transition between children’s and adult’s mental health services.
How information is to be provided: Electronically to the following email addresses: research@healthwatch.co.uk and Rebecca.Moore@healthwatch.co.uk Please find below a request under the Freedom of Information Act. 1. Please provide the figures for the total number of children and young people discharged from children's mental health services with a referral to adult mental health services for each of the last three full financial years: o 2019/20. 2020/21. 2021/22. 2. Please provide the waiting time figures between discharge for CAMHS services and first appointment with adult mental health services for the last three full financial years: o 2019/20. 2020/21. 2021/22. Including: o % Waiting 0-4 weeks. o % Waiting 4-6 weeks. o % Waiting 6-8 weeks. o % Waiting 8-10 weeks. o % Waiting 10-12 weeks. o % Waiting over 12 weeks. o % Still waiting no contact. 3. Please provide figures for the last three full financial years: 2019/20. 2020/21. 2021/22. with the proportion of people who: o Did have a care plan in place when they were discharged from CAMHS to adult mental health services. o Did not have a care plan in place when they were discharged from CAMHS to adult mental health services. 4. Do mental health services for children and young people have a transition policy in place to support people to transfer to adult mental health services? o If you answered yes to question 4, please provide a link or a copy of the transition policy. o Please provide information about how you track compliance of the transition policy.