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 referrals to NHS Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services waited less than (a) two, (b) four, (c) six and (d) 19 weeks to begin treatment by NHS provider in each quarter between 2021 and 2023.
The following table shows the counts and proportions of referrals finishing a course of treatment in the quarter who accessed services, which also indicates starting treatment, up to six and 18 weeks after the referral was received:
Period | Count of finishing referrals that accessed services within 6 weeks | Percentage of all finishing referrals that accessed services within 6 weeks | Count of finishing referrals that accessed services within 18 weeks | Percentage of all finishing referrals that accessed services within 18 weeks |
January-March 2021 | 146,030 | 92.7 | 155,475 | 98.7 |
April-June 2021 | 157,886 | 92.6 | 168,354 | 98.8 |
July-September 2021 | 156,033 | 91.8 | 167,953 | 98.8 |
October-December 2021 | 145,607 | 90.6 | 158,229 | 98.5 |
January-March 2022 | 146,002 | 89.3 | 160,893 | 98.4 |
April-June 2022 | 148,586 | 88.9 | 164,638 | 98.5 |
July-September 2022 | 154,384 | 88.8 | 171,022 | 98.4 |
October-December 2022 | 145,220 | 89.3 | 159,521 | 98.1 |
January-March 2023 | 153,064 | 90.2 | 166,886 | 98.3 |
April-June 2023 | 149,428 | 90.0 | 163,593 | 98.5 |
July-September 2023 | 153,145 | 89.2 | 168,553 | 98.1 |
Source: NHS Digital
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