FOI 1736 – Mental Health Support Teams
FOI Reference Number:
1736
Request
For each of the Mental Health Support Teams that are (a) operational within the NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board area or (b) will become operational by the end of 2024, please provide the following information:
The name of the MHST
The town/city in which the MHST is based
The number of: (a) secondary schools, (b) primary schools (including infant and junior schools), (c) sixth-form colleges or FE colleges, and (d) other education settings that are assigned to the MHST
The total approximate number of pupils attending the education settings assigned to the MHST
The financial year in which the MHST became, or will become, operational
The approximate annual budget of the MHST in the 2022/23 financial year
The number of full-time equivalent clinical staff assigned to the MHST
The number of full-time equivalent non-clinical staff assigned to the MHST
The estimated number of children who participated in any one-to-one interventions provided by the MHST in the 2021/22 financial year
The estimated number of children who participated in any small group interventions provided by the MHST in the 2021/22 financial year.
Response
Date: 16 January 2023
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – DECISION NOTICE
Dear Sir / Madam,
FOI Reference Number: 1736
For each of the Mental Health Support Teams that are (a) operational within the NHS Derby and Derbyshire Integrated Care Board area or (b) will become operational by the end of 2024, please provide the following information:
1. The name of the MHST
Changing Lives.
2. The town/city in which the MHST is based
The MHST covers the area of Derby and Derbyshire in various schools.
3. The number of: (a) secondary schools, (b) primary schools (including infant and junior schools), (c) sixth-form colleges or FE colleges, and (d) other education settings that are assigned to the MHST
Secondary schools: 24
Primary and infant schools: 116
Sith form and FE colleges: 0
Other education centres: 17
4. The total approximate number of pupils attending the education settings assigned to the MHST
54,508
5. The financial year in which the MHST became, or will become, operational
2019
6. The approximate annual budget of the MHST in the 2022/23 financial year
£3.8 million
7. The number of full-time equivalent clinical staff assigned to the MHST
57
8. The number of full-time equivalent non-clinical staff assigned to the MHST
15
9. The estimated number of children who participated in any one-to-one interventions provided by the MHST in the 2021/22 financial year
879 participated in one-to-one intervention.
10. The estimated number of children who participated in any small group interventions provided by the MHST in the 2021/22 financial year.
326 Children and Young People participated in groupwork; there was also group work for parents
Please note the above figures do not include contacts via Whole School.
I hope that this answers your queries with the information we currently hold, but if I can be of any further assistance please do not hesitate to contact me.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your original letter and should be addressed to:
NHS Derby and Derbyshire ICB
FOI Team
Scarsdale
Nightingale Close
Newbold
Chesterfield
S41 7PF
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Yours faithfully,
Kathryn Jacklin
FOI Officer
Derby and Derbyshire ICB
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