Introduction of Multidisciplinary Prescribing Team Meeting in Dragon Square North Staffordshire Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) as a Pilot and Analysis of Its Overall Impact, Including Waiting Times
Aims: Once referred to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), children and young people often report long waiting times for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment (Young Minds, 2022). The COVID-19 pandemic also brought an unprecedented mental health crisis (UNICEF, 2021), increasing the...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge University Press
2025-06-01
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| Series: | BJPsych Open |
| Online Access: | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S2056472425104316/type/journal_article |
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| Summary: | Aims: Once referred to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), children and young people often report long waiting times for assessment, diagnosis, and treatment (Young Minds, 2022). The COVID-19 pandemic also brought an unprecedented mental health crisis (UNICEF, 2021), increasing the burden on over-stretched CAMHS, thereby increasing the waiting time. Most research and quality improvement projects on ‘waiting lists’ focusses on how to avoid missed appointments or effectively manage booking/triage systems. This Multidisciplinary Prescribing Meeting Pilot project was initiated in an attempt to reduce the waiting times. |
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| ISSN: | 2056-4724 |