Health written question – answered at on 18 April 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health
(1) what the average waiting time for patients referred for (a) psychotherapy and (b) cognitive behavioural therapy was in the last period for which figures are available;
(2) what the longest time is that a patient has waited for (a) psychotherapy and (b) cognitive behavioural therapy in each mental health trust in the last 12 months;
(3) how many patients waited longer than (a) six months and (b) 12 months for (i) psychotherapy and (ii)cognitive behavioural therapy in each mental health trust in the last 12 months;
(4) what the waiting time is for (a) psychotherapy and (b) cognitive behavioural therapy in each mental health trust.
The Department does not routinely collect information on waiting times for appointments for treatments such as psychotherapy and cognitive behavioural therapy. Data are collected only for consultant-led services, but not when services have been provided by other mental health practitioners.
Information is available for estimated average waiting times from general practitioner written referral to first outpatient appointment with a psychiatric consultant in each mental health provider trust in each of the last five years and has been placed in the Library. The data are broken down into categories of provider trust, strategic health authority and Government office region where possible.
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