Mental Health Services: Children
(asked on 13th June 2025) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many and what proportion of NHS mental health referrals for under-18s were seen within four weeks in Wiltshire in the last 12 months.
This question was answered on 23rd June 2025
The following table shows the number of new referrals in 2024/25 for those aged zero to 17 years old, and their associated waiting times, in Wiltshire:
| Count of referrals | Percentage of referrals |
New referrals | 6,755 | 100% |
Referrals seen within 28 days | 2,900 | 43% |
Referrals ending within 28 days without contact | 1,290 | 19% |
Referrals not seen within 28 days | 2,565 | 38% |
Source: Mental Health Services Dataset.