Question follow-through · 102915
Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for patients awaiting assessment by a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service doctor has been for each of the last five years for which data is available in a) Derb
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- Answering body
- Department of Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- 5 Jan 2026
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2026
- Answer
- 20 Jan 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
5 Jan 2026
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time for patients awaiting assessment by a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service doctor has been for each of the last five years for which data is available in a) Derb
7 Jan 2026
Target answer date
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20 Jan 2026
Answer published
The following table shows the median waiting time in days between a referral start date and the end of the year for referrals for children and young people aged under 18 years old supported through National Health Service funded mental health, who are sti...
Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.
Later records
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