AQW 2033/17-22

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 13/02/2020
Answered On Date: 28/02/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health at what age children and young people can access child and adolescent mental health service (CAMHS) crisis services; and to outline the transition from CAMHS crisis services to adult mental health crisis services.

Answer:

All young people under the age of 18 can access CAMHS crisis response interventions.

For any young person who is currently receiving any service within CAMHS and needs to transition to adult mental health services, planning will commence 6 months in advance of the young person’s 18th birthday. If CAMHS is currently providing a service intervention to a young person in a crisis, CAMHS will continue until the crisis is resolved even after their 18th birthday or until a level of stability is achieved. At this stage, transition plans will be progressed and formulated on the basis of assessed need.