Mental Health Services: Milton Keynes
(asked on 28th October 2024) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients referred to mental health services in Milton Keynes are seen within the target waiting time.
The following table shows information on the agreed mental health waiting time standards relating to the NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board, broken down by the services provided, and compared to their actual performance:
Service | Waiting time standard | Latest reporting period | Performance |
Early Intervention in Psychosis | 60% of referrals entering treatment within two weeks | June to August 2024 | 73% |
NHS Talking Therapies | 75% of referrals that finished a course of treatment waiting six weeks or less for first treatment contact | August 2024 | 98% |
NHS Talking Therapies | 95% of referrals that finished a course of treatment waiting 18 weeks or less for first treatment contact | August 2024 | 100% |
Children and young people’s eating disorder services | 95% of children and young people referred for assessment or treatment for an eating disorder receiving National Institute for Health and Care Excellence approved treatment within one week if the case is urgent, and four weeks if the case is routine or non-urgent. | June to August 2024 | Data suppressed due to fewer than five referrals entering treatment during the reporting period |
Source: NHS England.