The Mental Health Support Team in Schools (MHST) - waiting times
How long you might have to wait to get help
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:
- Being guided by our triage of your needs
- The number of people needing a service from CFHD
- Current staffing capacities
- Increased demand for the service
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
The Mental Health Support Team in Schools (MHST)- Waiting times
| Quarterly information Last updated: January 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Average wait to first contact (weeks) | 6 weeks |
| Longest wait to first contact (weeks) | 36 weeks |
Children’s Wellbeing Practitioners (CWP)- Waiting times
| Quarterly information Last updated: January 2025 | |
|---|---|
| Average wait to first contact (weeks) | 15 weeks |
| Longest wait to first contact (weeks) | 38 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.
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