Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Services Debate
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Lord Hussain
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Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Services
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Baroness Merron (Lab)
What the noble Lord says is absolutely right. That is why the Young Futures hubs, the early support hubs, focus on particular communities. We have taken a view that it is important to go to where need is greatest rather than to where it is easiest to deal with. I should add that we have expanded mental health services in terms of the workforce by delivering 8,500 additional mental health staff three years ahead of schedule. Around 18% of them are directly on children’s and young people’s services.
Lord Hussain (LD)
There is a proven, well-documented correlation between broken or highly conflicted families and poor mental health in children and young people. What are the Government doing to support keeping families united?
Baroness Merron (Lab)
The noble Lord raises the legitimate point that children’s and young people’s mental health is not just a matter for the health service but requires cross-government thinking on housing, income and other pressures. That is why the mental health strategy is, for the first time, a cross-government strategy led by the Department of Health and Social Care.