In Practice

There are concerns that swift access to services is not always being achieved in practice.

Question: What does this mean?

Click here for the answer.

There are concerns that swift access to services is not always being achieved in practice.

Question: What does this mean?

Answer: This means that:

  • Some children and young people still have to wait too long to be seen by services
  • The length of time children and young people wait depends on where they live, and
  • Some families and professionals find the procedures for accessing services confusing

Click here to see the National CAMHS Review (2008) recommendations.

There are concerns that swift access to services is not always being achieved in practice.

Question: What does this mean?

Answer: This means that:

  • Some children and young people still have to wait too long to be seen by services
  • The length of time children and young people wait depends on where they live, and
  • Some families and professionals find the procedures for accessing services confusing

Click here to see the National CAMHS Review (2008) recommendations.

The National CAMHS Review (2008) made the following key recommendation [1]:

Improve the quality of CAMHS experienced by children, young people and families by reducing waiting times from referral to treatment.

The review stated that children, young people and their families should have:

  • Clearly signposted routes to specialist help
  • An ‘open door’ into a system of joined-up support and
  • Timely access to this

This recommendation builds on the vision for integrated services articulated in the child health strategy, Healthy Lives Brighter Futures [3]. Specifically that:

Mothers and fathers are provided with the information they need to help their children live healthy lives, including through local areas setting out what parents will be able to receive.