At the meeting on 10 January 2018 representative from NHS Emergency Duty
Team / Crisis Care Practitioners agreed to provide a note on the proportion of young people presenting to the crisis teams in the different Health Boards who are waiting for a CAMHS assessment or are already under the care of
CAMHS. The following information has been received.
Information from Cwm Taf University Health Board
From all of the cases referred to Cwm Taf CAMHS Crisis Liaison Team
(between 1st April 2016 to 1st December 2017), only the following figures below were open within Secondary CAMHS and PCAMHS, the rest of our referrals were either unknown to CAMHS Services or at least not current/awaiting, to CAMHS services:
· 152 Children and Young People who are currently open and receiving an intervention with Secondary CAMHS, at time of referral to Cwm Taf
CAMHS Crisis Liaison Team.
· 23 Children and Young People who were waiting to be seen by CAMHS for assessment, at time of referral to Cwm Taf CAMHS Crisis Liaison
Team.
· 5 Children and Young People who are currently open and receiving an intervention with PCAMHS, at time of referral to Cwm Taf CAMHS Crisis
Liaison Team.
· 5 Children and Young People who were waiting to be seen by PCAMHS, at time of referral to Cwm Taf CAMHS Crisis Liaison Team.