Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 16 December 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the average waiting time from referral to discharge for child neurodevelopment services was in (a) Norfolk and (b) England in each of the last five years.
NHS Digital’s Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS) provides data on the time between referrals and discharge for neurodevelopmental services and average waiting times for these services. However, due to data limitations this does not provide comprehensive information on average waiting times across all child neurodevelopmental services.
NHS Digital began collecting data for neurodevelopmental conditions in 2018. In addition, some referrals and activity of neurodevelopmental services for children fall out of scope of the MHSDS, as these often happen in community settings. The MHSDS relies on data submitted by providers of services for neurodevelopmental conditions, therefore a substantial number of neurodevelopmental cases may be omitted from current modelling.
The following table shows the average number of days between referral and discharge for neurodevelopmental conditions and autism in Norfolk and England in each year since 2018/19.
Norfolk | England | |
Financial year | Average number of days between referral and discharge | Average number of days between referral and discharge |
2018/19 | 166 | 183 |
2019/20 | 254 | 246 |
2020/21 | 281 | 348 |
2021/22 (April to September) | 289 | 331 |
Source: Mental Health Services Dataset, NHS Digital
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