A profile of children’s health services, child and adolescent mental health services and maternity services in England 2007/8

Abstract

This report is the third in a series of profiles produced to report the results of the annual child health, child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) and maternity services mapping exercise in England. The 2007 exercise was carried out between 1st November 2007 and 28th February 2008 and it marked the third child health and maternity service mapping data collection and the sixth CAMHS mapping exercise. The report summarises the findings at a national level with some references to regions but all data can be interrogated at the level of Strategic Health Authority (SHA), NHS organisation, and individual service at: www.childrensmapping.org.uk/reports. Child health, CAMHS and maternity service mapping is an online data collection and reporting system that creates an annual snapshot of national service provision and investment. As annual data accumulates, trends are generated that indicate where, and in what direction, change is taking place. This underlines the principle aim of the mapping exercise to contribute to the monitoring of the implementation of the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services (NSF) and the Every Child Matters (ECM) agenda.