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CAMHS Referrals & Service Users aged 0-18 in 2022/23

Reference: 23-24542

Date response sent: 05/04/2024

Details of enquiry

  1. Does your CAMHS service take referrals for children (i) aged 0-12 months, (ii) 12-24 months and (iii) 24-26 months?
  2. How many children in each of these age groups were referred to the service in 2022-23?
  3. How many children in each of these age groups accessed the service in 2022-23?
  4. Overall, how many children aged 0-18 were referred to and accessed the service in 2022-23?

Response sent

Please note that the Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust is a specialist mental health Trust, and not a hospital.

We provide outpatient, and mainly psychological, services.  We do not provide acute services, nor inpatient patient services, nor detention facilities,  and do not have an  A&E department.

 

  1. Does your CAMHS service take referrals for children (i) aged 0-12 months, (ii) 12-24 months and (iii) 24-26 months?

This would depend on the patient’s presenting condition at the referral stage, and the services required.  Please refer to paragraphs above, for a further explanation.

  1. How many children in each of these age groups were referred to the service in 2022-23?

 

Child Referrals Received
in Financial Year 2022/23
By Age Group
 Age Groups No. of CAMHS patients
Up 12 months 21
12 to 24 months 15
24 to 26 months 1

 

 

 

 

  1. How many children in each of these age groups accessed the service in 2022-23?

 

 

Children seen
in Financial Year 2022/23,
by Age Group on Appointment date
 Age Groups No. of CAMHS patients
Up 12 months 3
12 to 24 months 7
24 to 26 months 1

 

 

  1. Overall, how many children aged 0-18 were referred to and accessed the service in 2022-23?

 

Child Referrals Received
in Financial Year 2022/23
By Age Group
 Age Groups No. of CAMHS patients
Up 12 months 21
12 to 24 months 15
24 to 26 months 1
Up to 18 years 2,820
Total Children 0-18 yrs 2,857
Children seen
in Financial Year 2022/23,
by Age Group on Appointment date
 Age Groups No. of CAMHS patients
Up 12 months 3
12 to 24 months 7
24 to 26 months 1
Up to 18 years 1,848
Total Children 0-18 yrs 1,859