- FoI Number
- 2023-315
- Subject
- Adult Psychiatry Waits
- Date Received
- 04/09/2023
- Request and Response
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- As of 1 September 2023, how long (in weeks) is the average waiting time from the point an initial referral is made to an adult psychiatry team, until a first appointment or assessment with the patient? Please also provide this information for 1 September 2022, 2021, 2020 and 2019.
2019: 2.75 weeks
2020: 3 weeks
2021: 3.75 weeks
2022: 4.75 weeks
2023: 6.25 weeks
- In financial year 2022 - 23, what was the longest wait (in weeks) that a patient waited following an initial referral to an adult psychiatry team until their first appointment or assessment?
15 weeks
NB: the above response does not include ADHD wait list.
