Question follow-through · 32415
Mental Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time was between (a) referral and (b) first contact for mental health services for people aged 17 years and under in (a) Salford and (b) Wigan in each of the last five years.
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 21 Feb 2025
- Target answer date
- 4 Mar 2025
- Answer
- 4 Mar 2025 · 11 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading · 11 Sept 2026
- Health Bill: Report Stage: Amendment 1 · 8 Sept 2026
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Recorded timeline
21 Feb 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average time was between (a) referral and (b) first contact for mental health services for people aged 17 years and under in (a) Salford and (b) Wigan in each of the last five years.
4 Mar 2025
Target answer date
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4 Mar 2025
Answer published
The following table shows the median waiting time in days between a referral start date and first contact, within the three-month rolling reporting period, for referrals for children and young people aged under 18 years old who are supported through Natio...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Drugs
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