Dr. Amanda Burke:

That would arise in a situation where there is a lack of strong clinical oversight and nobody is responsible for the co-ordination of a care plan. We can have a discussion about who should lead a team but at the moment, the responsibility is vested in the consultant psychiatrists who have responsibility for the care and treatment of young people.

While consultants may not have to deliver that themselves, they have responsibility for co-ordinating that. Consequently, a consultant needs to be available to all young people attending CAMHS at this moment in time.