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Consultant-led non-urgent mental health treatments are covered by the general National Health Service 18 week waiting time standard.<\/p>
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Additionally, in 2016 NHS England published the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health which includes the following waiting times targets for mental health services, to be achieved by 2020/21:<\/p>
- For accessing \u2018Improving Access to Psychological Therapies\u2019 services 75% of referrals should be seen within six weeks and 95% should be seen within 18 weeks;<\/p>
- For eating disorder services 95% of referrals should be seen within four weeks for routine cases and 95% of urgent referrals should be seen within one week; and<\/p>
- For the Early Intervention in Psychosis programme 50% of people experiencing a first episode of psychosis should start a National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommended package of care within two weeks of referral, rising to 60%.<\/p>
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We are on track to meet these targets, which are tracked on the Five Year Forward View dashboard, available at the following link:<\/p>
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