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<p>In line with its commitments in the Long Term Plan, NHS England will be testing
four-week waiting times for adult and older adult community mental health teams, with
selected local areas. This will help build NHS England’s understanding of how best
to introduce ambitious but achievable improvements in access, quality of care and
outcomes. Clear standards will then be set for patients requiring access to community
mental health treatment and rolled out across the National Health Service over the
next decade.</p><p> </p><p>Waiting time standards are already in place for Early Intervention
in Psychosis. 76.2% of patients with first episode psychosis started treatment within
two weeks in November 2018. Performance is above the waiting time standard, which
will increase from 50% of patients in 2017/18 to 60% by 2020/21 as part of the Five
Year Forward View for Mental Health, and is 53% in 2018/19.</p>
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