Ms Anne O'Connor:

It is, but we might argue that in the absence of other supports we have children on that waiting list. If we were to look at this going forward, in terms of how we are investing in agencies such as Jigsaw focused on young people where we have significant investment now, people would be able to receive supports without needing to go to a CAMHS team.

Ultimately, in relation to any clinical teams, we will always triage on the basis of clinical prioritisation and it will be the sickest children who are seen first. There is always a risk, therefore, that the people who are not in such significant need will be waiting longer. That is why we need to have other supports in terms of our tiered approach to the delivery of services that we have, a whole population approach and building it up from there to that very specialist point in CAMHS.