Children's Service Mapping

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CAMHS national caseload and case characteristics summary

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1 Caseload overview

This table summarises a number of caseload fields collected in the mapping. The majority of the caseload measures related to a sample period of November for tier 2/3 CAMHS teams and June to November for tier 4 teams. A smaller number of fields refer to specific dates outside of the sample period. The specific fields are expanded upon in the footnotes.

Definitions:

Cases: A case is a child, or a young person, or a child/young person and their family, for which a referral has been received and with whom CAMHS staff have actively been working. Where separate referrals were received for one or more siblings in a family, each sibling was counted as a separate case.

Active work: Active work includes any of the following activities: assessment, treatment, case management, liaison, consultation, case support and health promotion.

Consultation: A consultation requires a specialist CAMHS clinician to provide clinical advice or information for which they can be held accountable. This will usually infer that a record of the consultation will be recorded by at least one party.

Sample caseload: The sample caseload is a count of the total number of cases worked with in the data collection period. This is collected at the team level only. If a number of staff within a team work with the same case it should be counted once. The team caseload is effectively a head count of those active cases that have been worked with in the sample period.

The sample period is the calender month of November for tier 2 and 3 teams and the 6-month period 1st June to 30th November for tier 4 teams

Strategic Health Authority Sample caseload1 Number of consultations in sample period2 Total caseload with consultations3 New cases in sample period4 Total number of cases waiting5 Total team caseload on 30th November6 CAMHS referrals received in the last year 7 CAMHS referrals accepted in the last year 7 Population 0-178
East Midlands 9001 5614 14615 1606 1752 16283 22855 17868 929.910
East of England 11711 5088 16799 2173 2427 18623 27982 20117 1220.946
London 23561 18587 42148 4505 4718 40161 53008 45066 1630.638
North East 7758 4853 12611 1423 1389 11093 16484 13637 543.046
North West 15989 8960 24949 3381 2565 25079 43967 34178 1534.207
South Central 10451 4132 14583 2590 1595 16406 21713 16410 876.692
South East Coast 8924 7906 16830 2190 2401 18707 26421 21794 917.372
South West 8933 8251 17184 2144 1485 14671 27632 20135 1059.909
West Midlands 12358 6667 19025 2980 3760 21931 30774 24392 1213.782
Yorkshire and the Humber 9081 2367 11448 2043 2068 15666 24456 20605 1121.804
No English region defined
 0 220 220 0 51 0 0 0 0.000
Total
 117767 72645 190412 25035 24211 198620 295292 234202 11048.306
  1. Total number of cases worked with in the sample period
  2. For the purposes of the CAMHS mapping, a consultation requires a specialist CAMHS clinician to provide clinical advice or information for which they can be held accountable. This will usually infer that a record of the consultation will be recorded by at least one party.
  3. Total number of cases worked with and consultations in the sample period
  4. The number of cases that were new (seen for first time) to the CAMHS team caseload in the sample period
  5. The number of cases that been referred to the team but have not yet seen by the end of the sample period
  6. Includes all those cases on the team's books on 30th November and not just those worked with in the sample period.
  7. The period refers to the full year (1st January to 31st December) of the particular mapping year that the report is run for
  8. ONS Mid-year estimates 2005 in 1000s Could not restrict by Service Category.

2 Caseload to population

This table shows the sample caseload to the 0-17 1k population. The total sample caseload, and sample caseload of local and wider teams are calculated by 1k 0-17 population. Note, this table will only calculate cases to population at the SHA level.

Sample caseload: The sample caseload is a count of the total number of cases worked with in the data collection period. This is collected at the team level only. If a number of staff within a team work with the same case it should be counted once. The team caseload is effectively a head count of those active cases that have been worked with in the sample period.

The sample period is the calender month of November for tier 2 and 3 teams and the 6-month period 1st June to 30th November for tier 4 teams

A local team is a team that has been ocmmissioned to serve a defined local area. These are usually made up of a single, or small number of, PCTs/LAs. Almost all children and young people using a local team will come from this area but it is acknowledged that local teams will also occassionally support clients from further a field.

A wider than local team will have commissioned arrangements to serve an area best described in terms of Strategic Health Authorities (SHAs). These can be national services providing specialist provision for the whole of England.

Strategic Health Authority Sample caseload1 Total caseload to 0-17 population (k)2 Local caseload to 0-17 population (k)2 Wider caseload to 0-17 population (k)2
East Midlands 9001 9.679 9.544 0.135
East of England 11711 9.592 9.507 0.084
London 23561 14.449 12.839 1.610
North East 7758 14.286 13.877 0.409
North West 15989 10.422 9.965 0.457
South Central 10451 11.921 11.357 0.563
South East Coast 8924 9.728 9.587 0.141
South West 8933 8.428 8.155 0.273
West Midlands 12358 10.181 9.806 0.376
Yorkshire and the Humber 9081 8.095 7.783 0.312
Total
 117767 10.659 10.162 0.497
  1. Total number of cases worked with in the sample period
  2. ONS Mid-year estimates 2005 in 1000s

3 Length of wait for new cases

This table shows the number of new cases worked with for the first time in the sample period and the length of wait between the receipt of the referral request and the time the case is first seen.

In the 2009/10 mapping exercise the length of wait was only recorded for those cases waiting less than 18 weeks, in previous years there are more categories of wait.

The sample period is the calender month of November for tier 2 and 3 teams and the 6-month period 1st June to 30th November for tier 4 teams

Strategic Health Authority New cases in sample period1 Total number of new cases waiting less than 18 weeks
East Midlands 1606 1212
East of England 2173 2010
London 4505 4163
North East 1423 1264
North West 3381 2816
South Central 2590 1546
South East Coast 2190 1820
South West 2144 1822
West Midlands 2980 1764
Yorkshire and the Humber 2043 1795
Total
 25035 20212
  1. The number of cases that were new (seen for first time) to the CAMHS team caseload in the sample period

4 Cases still waiting to be seen

This table shows the number of cases still waiting to be seen at the end of the sample period - 30th November.

Case waiting are defined as those cases that been referred to the team but have not yet seen by the end of the sample period

In the 2009/10 mapping exercise only the number of cases waiting was recorded, in previous years the length of wait was also recorded.

Strategic Health Authority Total number of cases waiting1
East Midlands 1752
East of England 2427
London 4718
North East 1389
North West 2565
South Central 1595
South East Coast 2401
South West 1485
West Midlands 3760
Yorkshire and the Humber 2068
No English region defined
 51
Total
 24211
  1. The number of cases that been referred to the team but have not yet seen by the end of the sample period

5 Learning disability caseload

This table shows the number of children and young people on the sample caseload with a learning disability.

Sample caseload: The sample caseload is a count of the total number of cases worked with in the data collection period. This is collected at the team level only. If a number of staff within a team work with the same case it should be counted once. The team caseload is effectively a head count of those active cases that have been worked with in the sample period.

The sample period is the calender month of November for tier 2 and 3 teams and the 6-month period 1st June to 30th November for tier 4 teams.

Strategic Health Authority Sample caseload1 Learning Disability Cases
East Midlands 9001 670
East of England 11711 1049
London 23561 2624
North East 7758 319
North West 15989 2186
South Central 10451 805
South East Coast 8924 754
South West 8933 643
West Midlands 12358 1121
Yorkshire and the Humber 9081 1019
Total
 117767 11190
  1. Total number of cases worked with in the sample period

6 CAMHS cases from vulnerable groups

This table shows the number of children and young people on the sample caseload with a learning disability, looked after and young people who offend.

Sample caseload: The sample caseload is a count of the total number of cases worked with in the data collection period. This is collected at the team level only. If a number of staff within a team work with the same case it should be counted once. The team caseload is effectively a head count of those active cases that have been worked with in the sample period.

The sample period is the calender month of November for tier 2 and 3 teams and the 6-month period 1st June to 30th November for tier 4 teams.

Strategic Health Authority Learning Disability Cases LAC cases1 YO cases2 Sample caseload3
East Midlands 670 866 402 9001
East of England 1049 725 289 11711
London 2624 1928 838 23561
North East 319 322 156 7758
North West 2186 1347 813 15989
South Central 805 516 318 10451
South East Coast 754 737 235 8924
South West 643 718 525 8933
West Midlands 1121 1146 438 12358
Yorkshire and the Humber 1019 868 517 9081
Total
 11190 9173 4531 117767
  1. Looked After Children
  2. Young Offender
  3. Total number of cases worked with in the sample period