Publication of CAMHS Waiting Time Statistics for Northern Ireland (June 2026)

Date published: 8 October 2026

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:

• Please note that this is the first CAMHS waiting time statistics publication available since May 2025 due to the roll-out of Encompass. Data sourced after the Encompass rollout should be considered as a series break.
• At 30 June 2026, there were 1,731 total waits for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) assessment in Northern Ireland, of which 651 were waiting for more than nine weeks (38%).
• Since a low of 1,107 total waits for a CAMHS assessment at 30 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. However, data sourced after the Encompass rollout should be considered as a series break.
• Belfast HSC Trust had the highest numbers waiting for a CAMHS assessment at 30 June 2026 (917), however it is important to note that CAMHS services in the South Eastern HSC Trust is covered by Belfast HSC Trust. The Northern HSC Trust had the least numbers waiting (231).
• Figures from June 2019 to March 2025 are sourced from an SPPG monthly Mental Health return completed by each Northern Ireland HSC Trust in relation to Mental Health Outpatients Waiting Times. From June 2026 a validated Encompass extract provided by SPPG is used.
• 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 Statistics in Development and subject to change, which is common for new published statistics.