Support is available to children and young people, as well as their families, who find themselves experiencing long waits to access children’s community therapy and mental health services in Solihull.

We understand that the length of time waiting for services can be frustrating.  As a system we are working to improve waiting times for children, young people and their families. 

Partners across Solihull have come together to ensure support for patients and their families is in place.

  • Facebook | Our Voices Heard
  • Ordinary Magic - Offering mental health and wellbeing support to children and families across Solihull and surrounding areas.
  • Urban Heard - A youth engagement company, working with young people to build their self-efficacy through training and empowering projects, where they learn skills, get paid and build confidence.

  • Solihull Council | Family Hubs - A Family Hub is a place where children, young people and their families can go when in need of help and support.  Raising a family, being a parent or carer, or navigating life as a young person can be a challenge so Family Hubs is making sure that there is support and help for you across Solihull.
  • The Connected Care Network (CCN) - This is a point of access for children who you are working with where a professional feels that there is an unmet need or a difficulty finding the right service for the child. 

  • Solihull Council | Solihull Approach - Access online courses, free for all Solihull residents, to gain knowledge, confidence and skills to support parenting.
  • Solihull Council | Parenting support - Solihull Parenting team offers a range of supportive groups and workshops for parents and carers in Solihull, taking place both face-to-face and virtually, and all free of charge.

  • Kooth - An online mental health platform and community for young people.
  • A PDF document from Solihull Council and Solar on promoting school attendance and psychological wellbeing.
  • Solihull Council | Social, Emotional and Mental Health (SEMH) team - The SEMH team provide support for children and young people with a range of needs relating to SEMH. This service requires a referral.
  • A PDF document situational mutism information pack.
  • The Waiting Room - A health and wellbeing directory specifically dedicated for the people of Birmingham and Solihull.

  • ShineYouth - Offering mental health and wellbeing support to teenagers and their families across Solihull.

All young people and adults from the age of 14 years with a learning disability (LD) should have a health check every year by their GP.

It is essential to ensure that the GP has all the children and young people’s names on their LD register so that families can be called for appointments for the annual LD health check. Unless a young person’s learning disability status is registered on the GP systems then reasonable adjustments to care for that individual cannot be anticipated and made.

Regular health checks can detect treatable illnesses and help prevent more serious ones, as well as familiarising the young person with the GP practice, which they may use throughout their adult life.

  • Find out more about annual health checks.
  • In Solihull if your child is known the Community Learning Disability Nursing Team you may receive this letter from your nursing service.

Our Solihull Children’s Community Health services are continuing to experience a high volume of referrals and unfortunately that means children and young people are waiting longer than usual for their first appointment.

We understand the wait might be stressful, especially if it is preventing your child and family from carrying out day-to-day activities and that you may have concerns.

Whilst the teams are working hard to improve this and apologise for the delays there is some useful information and things you can do at home to help you manage health and wellbeing while you wait.

Waiting times for children and young people's services

These waiting times will be updated quarterly.

*Data from August 2024 reported in November 2024

Service Average length of time CYP have currently been on the wating list Longest wait for assessment
Occupational therapy 11 weeks 25 weeks
Physiotherapy 14 weeks 28 weeks
Speech and language therapy 39 weeks 86 weeks
Community paediatric services 14 weeks 80 weeks

 

 

*Data from August 2024 reported in October 2024.

Service Average

length of time CYP have currently been on the waiting list

 Longest wait for assessment
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) 45 weeks 101 weeks
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)

Nursing: 32 weeks

Paediatrics: 14 weeks

Nursing: 163 weeks

Paediatrics: 24 weeks

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