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Mental Health Services: Greater Manchester

Asked by Michael WheelerLabourDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 10 March 2025UIN 33268

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services in (a) Salford and (b) Wigan in each of the last five years.

Answered by Stephen Kinnock

The following table shows the number of referrals accepted by child and adolescent mental health services in Salford in each month from 2020/21 up to December 2024, the month for which most recent data is available:

Month

2024/25

2023/24

2022/23

2021/22

2020/21

April

267

196

287

127

75

May

325

304

269

171

84

June

301

386

223

156

101

July

385

378

158

127

130

August

194

243

336

78

121

September

317

243

277

153

175

October

366

262

295

123

161

November

343

340

277

107

176

December

302

246

305

118

117

January

283

265

126

107

February

269

300

173

106

March

316

288

170

169

Source: NHS England

The following table shows the number of referrals accepted by child and adolescent mental health services in Wigan in each month from 2020/21 up to December 2024, the month for which most recent data is available:

Month

2024/25

2023/24

2022/23

2021/22

2020/21

April

125

51

100

44

4

May

130

111

97

27

5

June

118

96

87

30

12

July

79

92

53

41

20

August

50

45

39

39

23

September

117

72

62

18

34

October

166

107

66

34

30

November

163

118

87

53

28

December

97

108

46

34

25

January

136

82

95

25

February

115

63

75

34

March

132

91

97

40

Source: NHS England

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