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Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Brockworth
Gloucester
GL3 4AW
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E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk
Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 19/05/2021
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 105-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. Broken down by reasons for referral*, the
percentage of CAMHS cases closed before
treatment.
Please note, we cannot provide meaningful data
about start of treatment as we are still waiting for
national definitions on “treatment” and we have
changed our practice and recording procedures.
Therefore, until we receive the national
methodology of how to report treatments we
cannot answer your FOI Request.
2. Broken down by reasons for referral*, the
average wait time for CAMHS treatment to
begin following referral.
3. The top 10 longest waits CAMHS for
treatment, including how long they’ve
waited and reason for referral.
Should you have any queries in relation to our response in this letter, please do not hesitate to contact
me. If you are unhappy with the response you have received in relation to your request and wish to ask
us to review our response, you should write to:-
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Associate Director of Corporate Governance
Gloucestershire Health and Care NHS Foundation Trust
Edward Jenner Court
1010 Pioneer Avenue
Gloucester Business Park
Brockworth
GLOUCESTER GL3 4AW
If you are not content with the outcome of any review, you may apply directly to the Information
Commissioner’s Office ICO. for further advice/guidance. Generally, the ICO will not consider your case
unless you have exhausted your enquiries with the Trust which should include considering the use of
the Trust’s formal complaints procedure. The ICO can be contacted at: The Information
Commissioner’s Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire SK9 5AF.
Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
Sent: 05 May 2021 16:45
To: Freedom of Information
Subject: FOI
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-----------------, I am writing to you under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 to request the following information from your Trust. Please may you provide me with: 1. 2. Broken down by reasons for
3. referral*, the percentage of CAMHS cases closed before treatment.
4. 5. 6. Broken down by reasons for
7. referral*, the average wait time for CAMHS treatment to begin following referral.
8. 9. 10. The top 10 longest waits
11. CAMHS for treatment, including how long they’ve waited and reason for referral.
12. *Examples of reasons for referrals not exclusive.:
Anxiety, attention behaviour pathway, autism, depression, eating disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder and body dysmorphic disorder, PTSD, psychosis, self harm, disorders inclusive of toruetes. If it is not possible to provide the information requested due to the information exceeding the cost of compliance limits identified in Section 12, please provide advice and assistance, under the Section 16 obligations of the Act, as to how I can refine my request. Can the data please be provided in a table format for each point.
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