Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 5 January 2021 to Question 126928, what routine monitoring his Department undertakes of obsessive compulsive disorder Tier 4 services for children and young people; and how his Department assesses performance of those services in terms of (a) waiting times and (b) outcomes for patients.

The national obsessive compulsive disorder service submits monthly and quarterly performance reports though the routine contract monitoring process. NHS England and NHS Improvement have reported that there is no identified unmet demand or waiting list for children and young people admissions to tier 4 services currently. Clinical and patient outcomes for the service are monitored by NHS England and NHS Improvement through the national specialised services quality dashboard for obsessive compulsive disorders.