Table 3 Priority waiting list: factors indicating the prioritization of a patient with a development disorder
Trigger for prioritization |
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Placement (with own family or out-of-family) at significant risk of breakdown and seeing the patient may reduce this risk and social workers are already appropriately involved |
Significant health risk will ensue for a patient’s caregiver and/or family members if the patient does not receive treatment |
Patient at risk of significant, deliberate self-harm |
Patient at significant risk of developing an impairing comorbid disorder (not oppositional defiant disorder or conduct disorder) |
Substantial reduction in school attendance has occurred due to multiple or extended exclusions or the patient has significantly reduced access to educational opportunities: e.g. a long-term part-time timetable or patient can only be taught 1:1 and, in all cases, appropriate educational measures are already in place |
Patient approaching upper age-limit of the service (≥15.5 years for Dundee CAMHS) |