Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 085-2023
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below:
1. 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?
2. 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?
a. Cognitive behavioural therapy CBT.
b. Guided self-help
c. Counselling
d. Behavioural activation
e. Interpersonal therapy IPT.
f. Eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing EMDR. Mindfulness-based cognitive therapy
MBCT. Psychodynamic psychotherapy Couple therapy
3. 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?
Answer
The Trust is unable to respond to your questions above as waiting lists for all services by type of
treatment are not kept. The Trust only record an intervention at the time the treatment event takes
place and this may or may not be the 1st appointment in their pathway.
FOI Request
Dear Gloucestershire Health and Care 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?