Waiting for Access Into Treatment “WAIT” study: an exploration of current interventions offered to children and young people on CAMHS waiting lists. 

Aim:

The overarching aim of this project is to improve timely access to evidence-based interventions. This collaborative multidisciplinary and multi-methods project, involving patients and clinicians, will provide:

• The initial evidence base for waiting times for mental health treatment for children and young people (CYP) by disorder and across regions.
• The waiting-list interventions (WLI; e.g. self-directed interventions) currently offered by disorder post-referral
• The evidence base for the efficacy of current interventions offered. A brief literature search has shown this information is currently unknown but is vital to facilitate and improve early intervention strategies.

In addressing these three points we will identify which interventions may benefit from wider scale adoption across regions. We will also identify interventions that require future research to establish clinical and cost-effectiveness and gaps in early provision for specific disorders. This knowledge will inform future grant applications. Establishing an evidence-base for WLI that are implemented in routine care would enable CYP to access timely support and may prevent further deterioration experienced on waitlists. Accessing WLI may also result in service-efficiencies, resulting in earlier symptom improvement/improved quality of life, requiring fewer sessions of the designated treatment reducing the burden on healthcare systems and result in cost savings.

The study starts In September 2020 and runs for 18 months. 

Research funding:

Emerging Minds, UK Research and Innovation

Partners:

Great Ormond Street NHS Foundation Trust 

YoungMinds

Fresh Plus Group

Research team:

University of Nottingham 

Dr Charlotte Hall – Senior Research Fellow 
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Dr Bev Brown – Research Fellow 
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Florence Day – Trial Manager 
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Professor Kapil Sayal - Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Professor Chris Hollis - Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
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Caitlin Hand – Research Associate

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Dr Bethan Davies – Research Fellow

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Great Ormond Street Hospital 

Dr Charlotte Sanderson – Clinical Psychologist 
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YoungMinds UK

Nick Harrop - Head of Media and Influencing 
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Fresh Plus Group 

Nikki Chapman
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