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Trust Name (Total no. <strong>of</strong><br />

participants per Trust)<br />

All Trusts (64)<br />

BHSCT (18)<br />

NHSCT (13)<br />

SEHSCT (8)<br />

SHSCT (12)<br />

WHSCT (13)<br />

Satisfactory<br />

Not Satisfactory<br />

Figure 4: Participants’ Views on Waiting Times<br />

Other issues that were identified in causing delay included, one young person<br />

was changing trusts which took up to a year, <strong>and</strong> young people experienced<br />

delay whilst trying to access treatment outside <strong>of</strong> Northern Irel<strong>and</strong>.<br />

Accessibility <strong>of</strong> CAMHS<br />

When commenting on how accessible the CAMHS was to young people, 44<br />

per cent described it as very accessible, with 34 per cent stating that it was<br />

okay <strong>and</strong> 22 per cent stated that they found it difficult to access. The general<br />

themes across the trusts were that, if you did not have a car it was difficult to<br />

access; some young people commented that the CAMH service was not on<br />

the bus route <strong>and</strong> they had to get two buses.<br />

Young people commented:<br />

0 20 40 60<br />

Number <strong>of</strong> responses by Trust<br />

“Brilliant." Northern Trust<br />

“I live in a rural location, there<br />

are very few buses, mum had to<br />

bring me <strong>and</strong> when we got<br />

there, there were very few car<br />

parking spaces. So quite<br />

stressful before you got to the<br />

appointment.” Southern Trust<br />

“Very accessible”<br />

Northern Trust<br />

“When I was in Engl<strong>and</strong> it<br />

obviously wasn’t<br />

convenient at all, but the<br />

trust paid for my family’s<br />

travel costs so that helped.”<br />

South Eastern Trust<br />

35

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