Written questions

Mental Health Services: Children

Commons · Question 32626 · Tabled 21 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 3 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Julia Buckley

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.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 3 Mar 2025

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.