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Mental Health Services: Milton Keynes

Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 11425, tabled on 28 October 2024

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what proportion of patients referred to mental health services in Milton Keynes are seen within the target waiting time.

Answered on

5 November 2024

The following table shows information on the agreed mental health waiting time standards relating to the NHS Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes Integrated Care Board, broken down by the services provided, and compared to their actual performance:

Service

Waiting time standard

Latest reporting period

Performance

Early Intervention in Psychosis

60% of referrals entering treatment within two weeks

June to August 2024

73%

NHS Talking Therapies

75% of referrals that finished a course of treatment waiting six weeks or less for first treatment contact

August 2024

98%

NHS Talking Therapies

95% of referrals that finished a course of treatment waiting 18 weeks or less for first treatment contact

August 2024

100%

Children and young people’s eating disorder services

95% of children and young people referred for assessment or treatment for an eating disorder receiving National Institute for Health and Care Excellence approved treatment within one week if the case is urgent, and four weeks if the case is routine or non-urgent.

June to August 2024

Data suppressed due to fewer than five referrals entering treatment during the reporting period

Source: NHS England.