Table 1.

Responses from Paediatric Gastroenterology Centres across UK and Germany on questionnaire evaluating access to and perceived importance of Clinical Psychology intervention in Paediatric Gastroenterology

Question	Response
Direct access to clinical psychology	91% of Paediatric Gastroenterology centres
No. of clinical psychologists	Average = 3
No. of patients seen per year	Average = 730
No. of referrals to clinical psychology per year	Average = 95
Percentage of patients requiring referral to clinical psychology	13%
Main diagnoses of patients referred	IBD and FGID including functional abdominal pain
Evaluation of access to clinical psychology	17% Excellent; 50% Satisfactory; 33% Inadequate
Rating of importance of clinical psychology	Average = 8.6/10