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CAMHS waiting times (FOI)

CAMHS waiting times (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by Government of Jersey and published on 03 November 2020.
Prepared internally, no external costs.

Request

I would like to know the answers to these queries:

A

Can you give a monthly breakdown for the number of people on the CAMHS waiting list in 2020?

B

Can you give a monthly breakdown for the number of people on the CAMHS waiting list in 2019?

C

What are the earliest referrals currently still waiting for CAMHS services?

D

Can you provide the average waiting time for a CAMHS referral for 2019 broken down into months?

E

Can you provide the average waiting time for a CAMHS referral for 2020 broken down into months?

F

What was the largest gap in time between being referred and receiving CAMHS services in 2020?

G

What was the largest gap in time between being referred and receiving CAMHS services in 2019?

H

How many of those currently using CAMHS services are aged 17 years old?

I

How many of those currently using CAMHS services are aged 18 years old?

J

Can you provide a monthly breakdown of staff working at CAMHS, additionally broken down into each staff role?

K

Can you provide a monthly breakdown of how many staff were employed by CAMHS in 2019, additionally broken down into each staff role?

L

Please can you provide a monthly breakdown for the number of those who have left CAMHS services and are currently on the waiting list for Jersey Talking Therapies in 2020?

M

Can you give a monthly breakdown of the total number of people on the waiting list for Jersey Talking Therapies in 2020?

N

Can you give a monthly breakdown of the total number of people on the waiting list for Jersey Talking Therapies in 2019?

O

Can you give a monthly breakdown of the average waiting time for people on the waiting list for Talking Therapies services in 2020?

P

Can you give a monthly breakdown of the average waiting time for people on the waiting list for Talking Therapies services in 2019?

Q

What are the earliest referrals currently still waiting for Talking Therapies services?

R

What was the largest gap in time between being referred and receiving Talking Therapies services in 2020?

S

What was the largest gap in time between being referred and receiving Talking Therapies services in 2019?

Response

A

The following tables are calculated using Referral to Initial Assessment Date and excludes ADHD pathway and Parent Infant Psychotherapy. Individuals waiting for assessment at start of month:

​Date

​Individuals Waiting

​1 January 2020​110
​1 February 2020​108
​1 March​111
​1 April​108
​1 May​97
​1 June​102
​1 July​101
​1 August​120
​1 September​135

 

B

Individuals waiting for assessment at start of month:

​Date

​Individuals Waiting

​1 January 2019​50
​1 February 2019​40
​1 March 2019​45
​1 April 2019​42
​1 May 2019​44
​1 June 2019​50
​1 July 2019​57
​1 August 2019​67
​1 September 2019​70
​1 October 2019​66
​1 November 2019​88
​1 December 2019​92

 

C

The earliest referred individual that is awaiting treatment had an Initial Assessment on 31 January 2020.

D

The table below shows the average wait to be seen in days based on the month the patient was assessed:

​Month

​Average Wait (Days)

​January 2019​34
​February 2019​44
​March 2019​30
​April 2019​22
​May 2019​14
​June 2019​16
​July 2019​16
​August 2019​30
​September 2019​28
​October 2019​23
​November 2019​28
​December 2019​28

 

E

The table below shows the average wait to be seen in days based on the month the patient was assessed:

​Month

​Average Wait (Days)

​January 2020​41
​February 2020​35
​March 2020​29
​April 2020​33
​May 2020​19
​June 2020​24
​July 2020​11
​August 2020​3
​September 2020​10

 

F

108 days

G

97 Days

H

At the end of September 2020 there were 74 individuals aged 17 on the CAMHS caseload.

I

At the end of September 2020 there were 36 individuals aged 18 on the CAMHS caseload.

J

2020 CAMHS staff by role

K

Staff employed by CAMHS in 2019 by role

L

There were fewer than five clients who had left CAMHS services since January 2018 and were waiting for a Jersey Talking Therapies assessment as at 1 September 2020.

M

​(As at the last Monday of each month)

​Step 2 Assessment 

​Step 2 Treatment

​ Step 3 Assessment  

​ Step 3 Treatment

​Overall Total waiting

​January 2020​6​62​3​206​277
​February 2020​4​50​2​171​227
​March 2020 (service closed on 20th March)​6​48​5​174​233
​April 2020​ ​ ​ ​ ​JTT CLOSED
​May 2020​ ​ ​ ​ ​JTT CLOSED
​June 2020​ ​ ​ ​ ​JTT CLOSED – all clients on waiting list called for check in.
​July 2020​12​18​30​131​191
​August 2020​510​2​112​129​
​Septemer 2020​15​1​126​133​
​October 2020​18​0​103​112​

 

N

​(As at the last Monday of each month)

​Step 2 Assessment

​Step 2 Treatment

​ Step 3 Assessment

​ Step 3 Treatment 

​Overall Total waiting

​January 2019​13166​42​272​493​
​February 2019​1081​50​266​407​
​March 2019​11​84​41​281417​
​April 2019​35​95​34​284​448
​May 2019​19​116​10​276​421
​June 2019​25​97​5​268​395
​July 2019​26103​​1​256​386
​August 2019​26​86​7​245​364
​September 2019​24​96​3​236​359
​October 2019​17​48​5​188​258
​November 2019​24​51​6​187​268
​December 2019​11​67​19​182​279

 

O

This chart shows the date for referrals in each month. Since JTT re-opened after Covid we have been able to offer increasingly quicker support and are now able to offer low intensity support for people without a waiting list, hence the shorter waiting times.

​Month

​Average Number of Days from Referral to First Attended Initial Assessment

​Average Number of Days from Referral to First Attended Treatment Date

​January 2020​38​124
​February 2020​118​165
​March 2020​158​172
​April 2020​Service Closed ​Service Closed
​May 2020​Service Closed​Service Closed 
​June 2020​52​No first treatment appointments
​July 2020​44​53
​August 2020​32​36
​September 2020​22​12

 

P

​Month

​Average Number of Days from Referral to First Attended Initial Assessment

​Average Number of Days from Referral to First Attended Treatment Date

​January 2019​67​205
​February 2019​89​188
​March 2019​77​191
​April 2019​102​193
​May 2019​91​184
​June 2019​74​156
​July 2019​59​156
​August 2019​53​103
​September 2019​52​128
​October 2019​40​141
​November 2019​51​140
​December 2019​55​128

 

Q

The person waiting longest for treatment was referred in July 2019. They have already had an initial assessment session and are now waiting for a treatment session.

Six clients have been waiting since May-July 2019 due to a delay of treatment at their own request. For example, not feeling ready to start their sessions, engaging with another service or specific preferences around the delivery of their sessions.

R

168 Days.

Service closed completely for 101 days from 20 March 2020 re-opening remotely to active clients only on 29 June 2020.

Service closed to new assessments for 125 days from 20 March 2020 re-starting assessments on 23 July 2020.

S

170 Days.

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