Freedom of Information Request – Ref: FOI 510-2023
Thank you for your recent Freedom of Information request. Please find our response below.
Please provide the following information for the past five financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. If the 2022-23 data is not available yet, please omit this from your response and advise as to when it will be available.
1. How many referrals to CAMHS and/or CYPMHS did you receive?
Of these referrals:
2a. How many were refused support by CAMHS / CYMPHS?
2b. How many have a closure date falling within this period? If possible, please split such information by closure reason.
2c. How many have a rejection date within this period?
2d. How many mentioned an autism diagnosis – or other neurodivergent condition diagnosis? Please include those with any type of diagnosis, including but not limited to. previous, provisional, primary and secondary.
3.Please supply your CAMHS / CYMPHS policy on autism and specify if your service has an autism team.
The 2022/23 annual data will be available from the middle of May 2023.
Please find attached the data requested for question 1 and 2b. The data for 2b is not split by discharge reason as the use of this field has changed over the requested time periods. Unfortunately, we are not able to provide information for 2a and subsequently 2c as there is no nationally agreed definition of when treatment begins. We are also unable to provide information for 2d. Autism spectrum disorder ASD. is not recorded as a diagnosis at the point of referral. If a child or young person has a previous diagnosis this will be recorded in their notes but as the diagnosis was not made by the service, it is not recorded in the diagnosis section. Diagnoses are not routinely recorded within our reporting system. However, children and young people being referred for an ASD assessment or for ASD related issues will be in a specific pathway. Our ASD service specification is currently in development and is not available to be shared at this time. There is a county wide strategy across Gloucestershire led by the Autism Partnership Board https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?urlequalshttps%3A%2F%2Fwww.gloucestershire.gov.uk%2Fhealth-and-social-care%2Fdisabilities%2Fautism-partnership-board%2F&dataequals05%7C01%7CFreedomofInformation%40ghc.nhs.uk%7Cfe8207fe83254110d90c08db36874841%7Cf8120e622f9442d0beb68143b2f833fb%7C0%7C0%7C638163726874263246%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdataequalskBi2YH7WtMm8viGSy54h%2BrIifkLIYWmaGpkOVTaeDLE%3D&reservedequals0., which the service is a member of.
FOI Request
Please provide the following information for the past five financial years 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21, 2021-22, 2022-23. If the 2022-23 data is not available yet, please omit this from your response and advise as to when it will be available.
1. How many referrals to CAMHS and/or CYPMHS did you receive?
Of these referrals:
2a. How many were refused support by CAMHS / CYMPHS?
2b. How many have a closure date falling within this period? If possible, please please split such information by closure reason.
2c. How many have a rejection date within this period?
2d. How many mentioned an autism diagnosis – or other neurodivergent condition diagnosis? Please include those with any type of diagnosis, including but not limited to. previous, provisional, primary and secondary.
3.Please supply your CAMHS / CYMPHS policy on autism and specify if your service has an autism team.