Question reference: S5W-36002
- Asked by: Tom Mason, MSP for North East Scotland, Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
- Date lodged: 11 March 2021
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Current status: Answered by Clare Haughey on 23 March 2021
Question
To ask the Scottish Government (a) how many and (b) what percentage of children in the NHS Grampian area who were referred for mental health treatment in 2020 received this within the 18-week target.
Answer
The latest published data for CAMHS waiting times was released on 2 March 2021 by Public Health Scotland and contains data up to 31 December 2020. For ease of reference NHS Grampian CAMHS waiting times data is detailed below.
a) Between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2020, 1,359 children and young people started treatment in CAMHS within NHS Grampian (see Table 1). Of these, 1,188 started treatment within the 18-week target.
b) This represents 87% of new patients starting treatment within 18 weeks of referral.
Table 1: CAMHS Waiting Times for NHS Grampian (1 Jan 2020 – 31 December 2020, aggregated)
2020 | |
Children and Young People starting treatment | 1,359 |
Children and Young People starting treatment within 18 weeks | 1,188 |
Children and Young People starting treatment within 18 weeks (%) | 87% |
Source: https://beta.isdscotland.org/media/7928/waiting-times-tables.xlsx
Full publication: https://beta.isdscotland.org/find-publications-and-data/conditions-and-diseases/mental-health/child-and-adolescent-mental-health-services-camhs-waiting-times/