National child and adolescent mental health service mapping exercise 2004.

Abstract

This atlas presents the findings of the fourth National Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS)
\nmapping exercise. This was carried out between October 2005 and February 2006 in three parts. Firstly, in the
\nservice mapping element of the exercise, the inventory of specialist CAMHS provision built up since 2002 and led
\nby mental health provider NHS trusts, was updated to reflect the state of service provision in November 2005.
\nSecondly, financial mapping was completed by PCT commissioners to record their actual CAMHS budget for
\n2004/5 and their predicted budget for 2005/6. Thirdly, local authority commissioners were asked to complete a
\nparallel finance mapping exercise and, for the first time, to submit data on a number of performance measures for
\nuse by the Commission for Social Care Inspection (CSCI).
\nAs in previous years, the 2005 CAMHS mapping data was used for performance measurement purposes by both
\nthe Healthcare Commission and the Department of Health. This was the third year of the performance
\nprogramme of the PSA targets (2003-6) aimed at achieving growth in CAMHS around the country. The mapping
\ndata was used to provide evidence of increases in CAMHS, measured in terms of changes in annual investment,
\nstaffing levels or caseload. As this report demonstrates, very positive results were found and it is hoped that by
\nincreasing awareness of CAMHS provision and investment on an on-going basis through the provision of
\ninformation, the mapping exercise has made a contribution to this successful growth over the last three years.