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Allocation of referrals within a child and adolescent mental health service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Sophie Roberts  and
Ian Partridge
Sophie Roberts
Affiliation:
York Health, Lime Trees, Child and Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO3 6RE
Ian Partridge*
Affiliation:
York Health, Lime Trees, Child and Adolescent and Family Unit, 31 Shipton Road, York YO3 6RE
*
∗Correspondence
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Abstract

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Long waiting lists are a common problem in child and adolescent mental health services. We describe how referrals to the service in York are considered and allocated by a multi-disciplinary team. The criteria for allocation to different professionals and specialist teams are described and data representing a snapshot of referrals and response rate over a three-month period presented, showing that most referrals are seen within two months. We postulate that consideration of referrals in this way is an effective and efficient way of running a service.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 22 , Issue 8 , August 1998 , pp. 487 - 489
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This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Copyright © 1998 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

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