Although we have seen significant sustained improvements in CAMHS waiting lists over the past year, we recognise that the target of all Boards achieving the 90% standard by March 2023 has not been achieved. Waiting times statistics published on 6 June for quarter ending March 2023 show that: • 74.2% of CAMHS patients started treatment within 18 weeks of referral in the quarter ending March 2023, an improvement from 70.2% in the previous quarter, and an improvement from 73.0% in same quarter in the previous year. • 4,920 started treatment during the quarter ending March 2023, a 12.2% decrease from the previous quarter (5,601) but similar to the same quarter in the previous year (4,954). • 8,001 referrals were accepted by CAMHS during the quarter ending March 2023, a 2.6% increase from the previous quarter (7,802) and a 4.2% increase from the same quarter in the previous year (7,680). • The median wait for first treatment was 9 weeks, the same as the previous quarter. • 7,701 were waiting to start treatment, a 1.8% increase from 7,563 in December 2022 but a 26.0% decrease from same quarter in the previous year (10,406). • Of these, 467 (6.1%) had been waiting longer than one year for treatment in CAMHS, a 64.7% decrease from same quarter in the previous year (1,322).