Waiting Times: Mental Health Patients as at Sept 2025

Reference: 25-26274

Date response sent: 02/10/2025

Details of enquiry

I would like to request the following information:

1. The current average waiting time for patients to access your mental health services.
2. The total number of patients currently on waiting lists for mental health services.

Please provide the most recent figures you hold (as of September 2025), ideally in spreadsheet format (Excel/CSV).

Response sent

1. The current average waiting time for patients to access your mental health services.

The average wait, taken across all our mental health services is currently (as at Sept 2025) 63.64 weeks, although there is variation within services depending on the type of service.

2. The total number of patients currently on waiting lists for mental health services.

1,355 patients are currently on our mental health waiting lists.

In line with your request, the above data has also been provided in the attached csv file.