Professional Therapeutic Pathway (PTP) - Central Norfolk CAMHs

To meet the needs of and provide therapy intervention to young people who are currently waiting over 52 weeks for treatment with CFYP services. Identified young people will be offered CBT/EMDR or CBT informed intervention.

The service is the Professional Therapeutic Pathway (PTP), it will deliver therapeutic interventions for children and young people (CYP) aged under 18 years old, who have been waiting for over 52 weeks for treatment by Central Norfolk CFYP services CYP will have been assessed by the central CFYP teams in accordance with their usual processes. If upon review it has been identified that their needs can be satisfactorily met by the sub-contractor, these cases will be allocated to the sub-contractor to complete their treatment. 108 cases will be referred.

A weekly interface meeting will be scheduled to ensure the PTP has the relevant therapist (with the correct qualifications), as well as capacity to support the CYP in a timely manner. This will result in improved access waits and overall wait-to-treatment time.

Those waiting the longest will be considered first. The PTP therapist will meet face to face with individuals (ideally) providing psychological informed interventions leading to improved outcomes in the young person's mental health DNAs will be reported to the Trust, and in these cases the senior clinicians within the CFYP teams will follow NSFT's clinical harm review policy to decide next steps. The young people will remain open to CFYP services.