Number of children & adolescents (6-16 yrs) with mental health conditions

England

Source: NHS England

Number of people in contact with CAMHS (incl. first contact)

England

MEASURE_ID MEASURE_KEY year average months_included
CYP01 People in contact 2019 227814.83 12
CYP01 People in contact 2020 274328.67 12
CYP23 Open referrals 2019 258112.17 12
CYP23 Open referrals 2020 305175.08 12
MHS30d Attended contacts (<18) 2020 398865.92 12
MHS32a New referrals 2020 69741.00 12
MHS61a First contacts 2020 49411.08 12

Scotland

Size of waiting list

England

CYP23 (“Open referrals”, the number of open referrals in children and young people mental health services)

ED88 and ED89 (“People waiting to be seen for eating disorders (<18 yrs)”)

Scotland

People waiting: Number of patients waiting for treatment at the end of the month given at NHS Board level. Number of referrals received into the board that month and the number of those referrals that were accepted by the board.

Wales

Number of people on waiting list. A monthly data release showing first appointment waiting times for Specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (sCAMHS).

Time to be seen

England

Data from financial year 2019/2020 (just before COVID)

Scotland

Wales

Percentage changes compared to previous year

England

Scotland

Service demand vs. workforce

England (NHS staff, comparison to pre-pandemic levels)

measure 2019-01-01 2021-04-01 pct_change
People in contact CAMHS 228988.6 325157.4 41.99723

England (HEE, comparison to Jan 2019)

MEASURE_VALUE date_ymd measure MEASURE_VALUE_MA Jan2019 index
229217 2019-01-01 People in contact CAMHS 228988.6 228988.6 100.00000
233831 2019-02-01 People in contact CAMHS 229359.7 228988.6 100.16208
241926 2019-03-01 People in contact CAMHS 229607.7 228988.6 100.27038
218678 2019-04-01 People in contact CAMHS 229460.3 228988.6 100.20600
230443 2019-05-01 People in contact CAMHS 227975.9 228988.6 99.55774
225480 2019-06-01 People in contact CAMHS 226204.0 228988.6 98.78397
226647 2019-07-01 People in contact CAMHS 223858.4 228988.6 97.75965
218826 2019-08-01 People in contact CAMHS 225581.4 228988.6 98.51209
221428 2019-09-01 People in contact CAMHS 225669.0 228988.6 98.55033
225507 2019-10-01 People in contact CAMHS 227228.4 228988.6 99.23134
230739 2019-11-01 People in contact CAMHS 229193.3 228988.6 100.08940
231056 2019-12-01 People in contact CAMHS 231802.1 228988.6 101.22870
236396 2020-01-01 People in contact CAMHS 240340.9 228988.6 104.95758
240401 2020-02-01 People in contact CAMHS 247226.4 228988.6 107.96453
237088 2020-03-01 People in contact CAMHS 253196.4 228988.6 110.57164
281199 2020-04-01 People in contact CAMHS 259536.9 228988.6 113.34053
273706 2020-05-01 People in contact CAMHS 264546.3 228988.6 115.52816
272529 2020-06-01 People in contact CAMHS 271186.1 228988.6 118.42781
275439 2020-07-01 People in contact CAMHS 279661.3 228988.6 122.12893
271462 2020-08-01 People in contact CAMHS 283677.3 228988.6 123.88273
286880 2020-09-01 People in contact CAMHS 289022.0 228988.6 126.21678
296414 2020-10-01 People in contact CAMHS 293994.3 228988.6 128.38819
309311 2020-11-01 People in contact CAMHS 298502.6 228988.6 130.35697
311119 2020-12-01 People in contact CAMHS 305128.7 228988.6 133.25063
307335 2021-01-01 People in contact CAMHS 310323.0 228988.6 135.51899
306997 2021-02-01 People in contact CAMHS 316181.9 228988.6 138.07757
317845 2021-03-01 People in contact CAMHS 320665.1 228988.6 140.03544
323240 2021-04-01 People in contact CAMHS 325157.4 228988.6 141.99723
337426 2021-05-01 People in contact CAMHS 328668.4 228988.6 143.53049
340694 2021-06-01 People in contact CAMHS 332966.0 228988.6 145.40726
14857 2019-01-01 CYP MH staff NA 14857.0 100.00000
20626 2021-04-01 CYP MH staff NA 14857.0 138.83018
measure Specialty 2019-01-01 2021-04-01 pct_change
FTE doctors Child and adolescent psychiatry 981.6823 1064.256 8.411452