Publication of CAMHS Waiting Time Statistics for Northern Ireland (September 2024)

Date published: 6 November 2024

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:

• Belfast HSC Trust waiting times for June and September 2024 are not currently available due to the roll-out of Encompass and are therefore excluded for these quarters. This also affects the Northern Ireland total.
• Please note that Belfast HSC Trust CAMHS figures include South Eastern HSC Trust.
• At quarter ending 30 September 2024, the Northern, Southern and Western HSC Trusts all had lower total numbers waiting for a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) compared with the previous quarter.
• The Western HSC Trust had the highest numbers waiting for a CAMHS assessment at 30 September 2024 (415) whilst the Southern HSC Trust had the least numbers waiting (220).
• Of those on a waiting list in Southern HSC Trust, none had waited nine weeks or longer, compared with 299 in the Western HSC Trust and 170 in the Northern HSC Trust.
• 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 Statistics in Development and subject to change, which is common for new published statistics.