The target for the number of patients seen within 10 days of referral is 85%.
A report presented to the Health Advisory Board last week said: “Completion of routine assessments within 10 days dropped to 69% this month (target 85%).
“This is unusual and has been examined in detail.”
Pictured: April saw an “unusual drop” in the completion of routine mental health assessments.
Mental Health Director Andy Weir explained that the service normally achieves over 80% of routine referrals seen within 10 days, and is frequently near or above the 85% target.
“This drop to 69% is unusual,” he admitted.
Mr Weir said there was a total of 53 patients not seen within the 10-day window in April.
He explained that the majority, 32 cases, were because the service user chose appointment dates that fell outside the 10-day timeframe or did not attend planned appointments.
The Mental Health Director added that 10 cases involved service delays, while the remaining 11 related to the need to obtain further clinical information or assessment by another service before the mental health assessment could proceed.
Pictured: Mental Health Directer Andy Weir said the service normally achieves over 80% of routine referrals seen within 10 days.
Overall, the report noted that “performance across mental health services remains stable”.
There was “some improvement” in waiting times for psychological treatment in April – with 99% of cases being seen within the 90-day target.
“It is pleasing to note that 98% if people in crisis were seen within four hours in April, and 100% of people discharged from hospital were followed up within 72 hours,” the report added.
“We also continue to see an improvement in waiting lists for both memory assessment and autism assessment.”
At the end of April, 160 people were awaiting assessment through Jersey Talking Therapies, according to a recent Freedom of Information request.
The report discussed at the Health and Community Services Advisory Board meeting can be read in full HERE.
