Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 32626
Mental Health Services: Children
Tabled: 21 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025
Question
Julia Buckley
Labour — Shrewsbury
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will amend the key performance indicator for waiting times for children’s mental health services to include the length of time between referral and the start of treatment.
Answer
Stephen KinnockNHS England is working towards implementing the clinical review of standards and as a first step have started publishing data on waits from referral to start of treatment.