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Early Child Development - waiting times

We provide this information to help guide you in understanding typical waiting times for this Pathway.

It can be difficult to give exact timescales for how long you might wait due to the many things that influence this.

This includes:

If you have any questions about your referral, please contact our Single Point of Access team using the details below:

Phone: 0330 0245 321

Email: CFHD.DevonSPA@nhs.net

Quarterly information
Last updated: January 2025
Average wait time to first contact (weeks)76 weeks
Longest wait to first contact (weeks)210 weeks

The information given relates to the wait for a meaningful first contact after requesting help from CFHD. This could be by telephone, in person or online and could range from being the start of gathering assessment information to offering intervention dependent on the pathway

For more information and support regarding Early Child Development, use the button below:

Early Child Development