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Mental Health Services: Children

Asked by Julia BuckleyLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 3 March 2025UIN 32626

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will amend the key performance indicator for waiting times for children’s mental health services to include the length of time between referral and the start of treatment.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

NHS England is working towards implementing the clinical review of standards and as a first step have started publishing data on waits from referral to start of treatment.

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