Publication of “CAMHS Waiting Time Statistics for Northern Ireland (June 2023)”

Date published: 9 August 2023

This publication presents quarter end figures regionally and by Health and Social Care Trust in respect of total numbers waiting, and those waiting over 9 weeks, for a CAMHS assessment.

Key Facts and Figures

• at 30 June 2023, there were 2,251 total waits for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) assessment in Northern Ireland, of which 1,205 were waiting for more than nine weeks.
• since a low of 1,107 total waits for a CAMHS assessment during the pandemic (September 2020), the number of children and young people waiting for an assessment of CAMHS in Northern Ireland has been increasing, with a peak of 2,388 total waits at 31 March 2023.
• the Northern HSC Trust had the highest numbers waiting for a CAMHS assessment at 30 June 2023 (888) whilst the Western HSC Trust had the least numbers waiting (333).
• the statistics presented derive from returns completed by each HSC Trust in Northern Ireland in relation to Mental Health Outpatients Waiting Times.
• this quarterly summary report is created by Information Analysis Directorate in Department of Health, and was published for the first time on 14 June 2023.
• the quarterly figures will, until further notice, be deemed as Experimental Statistics and subject to change, which is common for new published statistics.