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Freedom of Information request 230-2022

Response published: 9 March 2023

FOI Request

Please can you supply me with the average time taken for children under 18 . to receive mental health treatment in your area ?

FOI Response

Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 230
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
As the Trust is currently waiting for national guidance on definition of start of treatment we currently
cannot answer this, but we can provide the average wait to first contact.
In the past month 01/07/2022 and 31/07/2022. the average waiting to first contact was 26.6 days
between referral and the first appointment