FoI Number
2022-701
Subject
CAMHS
Date Received
31/01/2023
Request and Response

I am looking to obtain details under the Freedom of Information Act relating to the number of young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) provided by health boards across Scotland.

Figures are based on CAMHS data available as of 26/02/23

  1.  Could this information please be broken down into figures dating back to the beginning of 2019 until present?

2019

149

2020

146

2021

141

2022

154

2023

17

Total

607

  1.  Could I please be provided with an indication of the ages of the young people referred (in whichever format your data allows, for example, by individual age or by age range)?

Age

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

4-7

15

7

6

2

0

8-11

36

23

34

27

2

12-15

56

73

63

76

8

16-19

42

43

38

49

7

  1.  Could I please be provided with details of waiting times service users have experienced before accessing the service, broken down over each year

2019

123.4

2020

125.1

2021

74.9

2022

80.6

2023

17.3

Overall

95.3

Average waiting time in days.

Please note that due to it being the very beginning of 2023 average waiting times are likely to understate what the 2023 average will be once the year is complete.