Mental Health Services: Cumbria

Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 6 February 2024.

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Photo of Simon Fell Simon Fell Conservative, Barrow and Furness

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many referrals have been accepted by South Cumbria CAMHS in each of the last 12 months.

Photo of Maria Caulfield Maria Caulfield The Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health and Social Care, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)

The following table shows the number of referrals made received for patients aged between zero and 17 years old between December 2022 and November 2023, with data between April and November 2023 still being subject to revision:

Reporting period

Local authority

Number of referrals received in month for patients aged between zero and 17 years old at time of referral

Number of referrals received in month where patients aged between zero and 17 years old at time of referral and who have received at least one care contact any time after referral

December 2022

Cumberland

415

195

January 2023

Cumberland

465

225

February 2023

Cumberland

560

235

March 2023

Cumberland

580

230

April 2023

Cumberland

410

155

May 2023

Cumberland

545

225

June 2023

Cumberland

475

175

July 2023

Cumberland

460

175

August 2023

Cumberland

255

110

September 2023

Cumberland

360

185

October 2023

Cumberland

500

210

November 2023

Cumberland

640

210

December 2022

Westmorland and Furness

270

150

January 2023

Westmorland and Furness

365

200

February 2023

Westmorland and Furness

320

145

March 2023

Westmorland and Furness

425

220

April 2023

Westmorland and Furness

260

120

May 2023

Westmorland and Furness

320

155

June 2023

Westmorland and Furness

265

135

July 2023

Westmorland and Furness

270

125

August 2023

Westmorland and Furness

235

100

September 2023

Westmorland and Furness

310

125

October 2023

Westmorland and Furness

275

95

November 2023

Westmorland and Furness

390

110

Source: Mental Health Services Dataset, NHS England

Notes:

  1. Figures are rounded to the nearest five.
  2. For the area of South Cumbria, the former Cumbrian councils have been mapped to their new unitary local authorities with referrals based on the patient’s postcode. Cumberland Council comprises of the area formerly covered by Allerdale, Carlisle and Copeland districts; and Westmorland and Furness Council comprises of the area formerly covered by Barrow-in-Furness, Eden and South Lakeland districts.

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