Mental Health Services: Veterans

(asked on 13th December 2021) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many veterans received support from Op Courage between (a) April-July and (b) August-November 2021.


Answered by
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 21st December 2021

Op COURAGE is the collective term for three NHS England services: Transition, Intervention and Liaison Services; Complex Treatment Service; and High Intensity Service. NHS England do not hold data on waiting times for veterans across the three services which form Op COURAGE. There may be some duplication in the data collected on veterans accessing each service, depending on the needs of the individual.

The following table shows waiting times for assessment in Transition, Intervention and Liaison Services and Complex Treatment Service from April to October 2021/22. Data for November is not yet available.

Average waiting time in days

Transition, Intervention and Liaison Services

Complex Treatment Service

Offered assessment

14

14

Attended assessment

16

16

The average waiting time for the High Intensity Service from referral to first contact in 2021/22 is four days.

The following table shows the number of veterans who were referred to or contacted Op Courage for support in April to July and August to October 2021.

Period of referral

Transition, Intervention and Liaison Services

Complex Treatment Service

High Intensity Service

Total

April to July

1,528

179

217

1,924

August to October

1,212

119

216

1,547

The following table shows the number of veterans who received support from Op Courage between April to July and August to October 2021.

Month of attendance

Transition, Intervention and Liaison Services

Complex Treatment Service

High Intensity Service

April to July

187

138

184

August to October

142

107

178

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