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Mental Health Services: Children

Asked by Julia BuckleyLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 5 March 2025UIN 32624

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of waiting times for children’s mental health services, between the point of initial assessment and starting treatment.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

No such assessment has been made, as the Mental Health Services Data Set does not collect data from ‘initial assessment to starting treatment’.

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