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Mental Health Services: Slough

Asked by Mr Tanmanjeet Singh DhesiLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 20 December 2024UIN 15233

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients referred to mental health services were seen within the target waiting time in Slough constituency in the last 12 months.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The following table shows the latest available performance data on waiting times against the existing mental health waiting time standards for NHS Frimley, which covers the Slough constituency, for the latest available 12-month reporting period, from October 2023 to September 2024:

Service

Waiting time standard

Target

Performance against waiting time standard

Early Intervention in Psychosis (EIP)

Proportion of referrals on the EIP pathway entering treatment within two weeks

60%

77%

Children and Young People's Eating Disorders

Proportion of urgent referrals entering treatment within one week of referral

95%

81%

Children and Young People's Eating Disorders

Proportion of routine referrals entering treatment within four weeks of referral

95%

81%

NHS Talking Therapies

Proportion of referrals where the course of treatment finished and the person waited six weeks or less for first treatment contact

75%

94%

NHS Talking Therapies

Proportion of referrals where the course of treatment finished and the person waited 18 weeks or less for first treatment contact

95%

100%

Source: Mental Health Services and NHS Talking Therapies datasets.

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