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E-mail: freedomofinformation@ghc.nhs.uk Website: www.ghc.nhs.uk
DATE: 16/08/2021
Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 186-2122
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
1. The monthly number of CAMHS referrals of children under-18s. for each month from April 2020 up to and including June 2021? Please only record a single referral if a single child has been referred multiple times in a month. Month Distinct number
Apr-20 120
May-20 172
Jun-20 258
Jul-20 291
Aug-20 227
Sep-20 417
Oct-20 581
Nov-20 615
Dec-20 493
Jan-21 330
Feb-21 354
Mar-21 598
Apr-21 499
May-21 636
Jun-21 588
2. The monthly number of individual. children treated by CAMHS services for each month from April 2020 up to and including June 2021?2/ The average current waiting time for treatment for a child who has been referred to CAMHS? This question relates to treatment which we cannot provide a response for as there is no national definition of what treatment is and at what point it starts.
3. The average current waiting time for treatment for a child who has been referred to CAMHS? This question relates to treatment which we cannot provide a response for as there is no national definition of what treatment is and at what point it starts.
4. The longest known time an individual child under 18. spent waiting for treatment since March 23rd 2020 the date of the first UK lockdown. having been referred for CAMHS support? The referral initiating the period of time spent waiting for treatment can pre-date the pandemic i.e. if the child was referred in November 2019 and was treated in February 2021 the response would be 15 months.. This question relates to treatment which we cannot provide a response for as there is no national definition of what treatment is and at what point it starts.
5. The known most number of times an individual child referred for CAHMS support has been declined i.e. rejected or discharged as inappropriate referral. mental health services since March 23rd 2020 the date of the first UK lockdown.? Two
6. The number of children under 18s. believed to have killed themselves i.e. suicide. while waiting for CAMHS treatment since March 23rd 2020 the date of the first UK lockdown. to date? How long had each or any case been waiting for treatment? Please detail all known or recorded cases and do not conduct additional research if records are not held. If records are not held, please detail any policy or explanation as to why they are not held. We do not collate this information in the manner which you have requested.
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:-
– Head of Legal Services / 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
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Yours sincerely,
Freedom of Information Officer
On behalf of Gloucestershire Health & Care NHS Foundation Trust
FOI Request
Subject: CAMHS FOI Request
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Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, please can you provide me with responses to the following:
1 a./ The monthly number of CAMHS referrals of children under-18s. for each month from April 2020 up to and including June 2021? Please only record a single referral if a single child has been referred multiple times in a month.
1 b./ The monthly number of individual. children treated by CAMHS services for each month from April 2020 up to and including June 2021?2/ The average current waiting time for treatment for a child who has been referred to CAMHS?
2/ The average current waiting time for treatment for a child who has been referred to CAMHS?
3/ The longest known time an individual child under 18. spent waiting for treatment since March 23rd 2020 the date of the first UK lockdown. having been referred for CAMHS support? The referral initiating the period of time spent waiting for treatment can pre-date the pandemic i.e. if the child was referred in November 2019 and was treated in February 2021 the response would be 15 months..
4/ The known most number of times an individual child referred for CAHMS support has been declined i.e. rejected or discharged as inappropriate referral. mental health services since March 23rd 2020 the date of the first UK lockdown.?
5/ The number of children under 18s. believed to have killed themselves i.e. suicide. while waiting for CAMHS treatment since March 23rd 2020 the date of the first UK lockdown. to date? How long had each or any case been waiting for treatment? Please detail all known or recorded cases and do not conduct additional research if records are not held. If records are not held, please detail any policy or explanation as to why they are not held.
Please send me the data requested in the form of an Excel spreadsheet or as a csv file, using the template provided.
If you are able to supply some of this information more quickly than other items, please supply each item when you can rather than delay everything until it is all available.
If there are any clarifications requested or exemptions cited for certain parts of the request, please provide responses for others in the meantime, as advised by the Information Commissioner. Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way so we can negotiate how best to proceed.
I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future,
Many thanks for your assistance,