Mental Health Services: Cumbria
(asked on 29th January 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
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 10 years.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
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Information relating to children and young people was not collected prior to 2016/17. The following table shows the number of referrals received in Cumberland and Westmorland and Furness local authorities between 2016/17 and 2022/23, the latest period for which data is available:
Financial year | Local authority | Number of referrals received in year for patients aged between zero and 17 years old at time of referral | Number of referrals received in year 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 |
2016/17 | Cumberland | 250 | 110 |
2017/18 | Cumberland | 975 | 570 |
2018/19 | Cumberland | 4,030 | 2,520 |
2019/20 | Cumberland | 5,555 | 2,810 |
2020/21 | Cumberland | 5,025 | 2,670 |
2021/22 | Cumberland | 6,280 | 3,145 |
2022/23 | Cumberland | 6,140 | 2,795 |
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2016/17 | Westmorland and Furness | 325 | 165 |
2017/18 | Westmorland and Furness | 1,060 | 670 |
2018/19 | Westmorland and Furness | 3,590 | 2,265 |
2019/20 | Westmorland and Furness | 4,665 | 2,305 |
2020/21 | Westmorland and Furness | 3,840 | 1,955 |
2021/22 | Westmorland and Furness | 4,370 | 2,270 |
2022/23 | Westmorland and Furness | 3,645 | 1,870 |
Source: Mental Health Services Dataset, NHS England
Notes:
- Figures are rounded to the nearest five.
- 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.