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.
- Solihull Council | Early years online advice and resources
- Solihull Council | Early Years Team - This service requires a referral.
- 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 for Success | Youth Promise Plus - Supporting young people, aged 15 to 29, towards education, employment or training through tailored mentoring and specialist coaching and pathway training.
- Oasis Mental Health Support - Previously known as Solihull Mind.
- 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.
- Social Life Opportunities - A registered charity that supports children, young people and adults with learning disabilities.
- Solihull Council | Holiday Activities and Food Programme 2023
- Autism West Midlands | Solihull Community Hub - Support in Solihull from a charity for people on the autism spectrum. This service requires a referral.
- University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust | Solihull Children’s Community Therapies - Resources and information for children, young people and families.
- Solihull Council | Communication and Learning Difficulties (CLD) team - The CLD team works with pupils with a broad range of special educational and learning needs aged five to 18.
- 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.
- Solihull Council | Autism team - The Autism team are part of the Specialist Inclusion Support Service (SISS), and work with children of all ages in both mainstream and specialist settings.
- Solihull Council | Local Offer - A website about services and support for children and young people with disabilities or special educational needs.
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust | Health visiting in Solihull - Find contact information for the Solihull Health Visiting Service.
- South Warwickshire University NHS Foundation Trust | School nursing in Solihull - Find contact information for the Solihull School Nursing Service.
- Famiy Action | Solihull SENDIAS (Special Educational Needs and Disability Information, Advice and Support Service) - Find information, advice and support for children and young people with SEND and their parents/carers will be impartial, free to access, accurate, confidential, comprehensive and easily accessible/understandable.
- All Age Autism Service Directory - Search for support services that are available within Birmingham and Solihull.
- 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.
- 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.
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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.
*March 2024 data
Service | Average length of time CYP have currently been on the wating list | Longest wait for assessment |
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Occupational therapy | 10 weeks | 11 weeks |
Physiotherapy | 32 weeks | 76 weeks |
Speech and language therapy | 36 weeks | 79 weeks |
Community paediatric services | 26 weeks | 164 weeks |
*March 2024 data
Service | Average
length of time CYP have currently been on the waiting list |
Longest wait for assessment |
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Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | 44 weeks | 100 weeks |
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) |
Nursing: 26 weeks Paediatrics: 34 weeks |
Nursing: 110 weeks Paediatrics: 55 weeks |