NHS could introduce four week waiting target for young mental health patients, shows leaked report

NHS could introduce four week waiting target for young mental health patients, shows leaked report Young people struggling to access mental health support might get a Government-backed promise of treatment within four weeks of referral, but funding pressures mean it won’t be UK-wide until 2021.

Leaked details from the upcoming green paper on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) suggest a four week standard waiting standard could be introduced for the first time.

However this is likely to be piloted in a few regions first, with a full roll-out reportedly unlikely before 2021. The Independent