Cystic Fibrosis: Mental Health Services
(asked on 16th June 2022) - 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 (a) children and (b) adults with cystic fibrosis in England saw either a clinical psychologist or social worker at their latest annual review for each year since 2015.
The information requested for social workers is not held. Data for clinical psychologists is not currently held in the format requested. However, the following table shows centrally validated quarterly data on the proportion of children with cystic fibrosis in England who saw a clinical psychologist within the 12 months prior to their latest annual review in each year from 2019/20 to Quarter 3 in 2021/22. Data for Quarter 4 is not yet held centrally and information is not held prior to 2019.
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
Quarter 1 | 78.6% | 48.7% | 63.8% |
Quarter 2 | 57.3% | 37.3% | 44.2% |
Quarter 3 | 66.1% | 50.0% | 58.2% |
Quarter 4 | 58.6% | 55.8% | N/A |
The following table shows centrally validated quarterly data on the proportion of adults with cystic fibrosis in England who saw a clinical psychologist within the 12 months prior to their latest annual review in each year from 2019/20 to Quarter 3 in 2021/22. Data for Quarter 4 is not yet held centrally and information is not held prior to 2019.
| 2019/20 | 2020/21 | 2021/22 |
Quarter 1 | 82.2% | 20.4% | 33.3% |
Quarter 2 | 72.6% | 66.8% | 25.4% |
Quarter 3 | 80.2% | 59.6% | 38.5% |
Quarter 4 | 65.3% | 54.6% | N/A |