Waiting list is terrible
My (then) 4 year old was referred last summer. I expected a few months of waiting but once it was over 6 months - especially after being told by the Speech Therapist he had been "fast tracked" - I became concerned and followed this up. I was then told "if I were you I would go private" and "to wait another year is optimistic". There seems to be no real structure to when people get seen. Another thing I was also told when I queried wait times was "you were not on the main pathway, you were on a different pathway that leads to this pathway, but now you are on the main pathway" . We need clear language and clear wait times from the onset. Still waiting for a response to my official complaint submitted in March but the South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust who run CAMHS TIER 3 tell me they don't have a designated time to respond to complaints, although they "aim" for 40 days. This has now elapsed. Hopefully when I do get to see them it will have been worth it and the trust will be able to justify their recent (April) CQC "Good" rating. This website asks about if we would recommend this organisation. Unfortunately if you live in Calderdale and don't have the money to go private, as far as I understand it, you are stuck with them regardless. Choice is a privilege.