The impact of waiting-list times on client attendance for relationship counselling |
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Authors: | Carolyn Hicks Grant Hickman |
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Affiliation: | a School of Continuing Studies, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, UKb West Midlands Probation Service, UK |
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Abstract: | The impact of waiting-list times on subsequent attendance for appointments has received extensive attention within the area of health, but hitherto has received relatively little interest from counselling services. Given the current pressure on all welfare agencies for accountability and efficient use of resources, counselling organisations need to consider resource usage and barriers to efficiency. A study was therefore made of one aspect of this issue: the impact of short v. long time-delays between initial referral and first appointment for relationship counselling. It was found that clients offered appointments within two weeks of referral were significandy more likely to attend for first appointment than were clients whose appointment came between 4 and 12 weeks post-referral. The implications of these results for organisational policy are discussed. |
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