Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Services Debate
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Baroness Coffey
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Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Services
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Baroness Merron (Lab)
The first wave of eight, which my noble friend referred to, is under way. It is backed by £4.2 million of investment. The subsequent 42 Young Futures hubs will be rolled out by March 2029.
Baroness Coffey (Con)
There was an initiative to have a mental health first aider in every school. What further work has been done to maintain that level in the Minister’s working collaboration with the DfE and local councils?
Baroness Merron (Lab)
Important though they are, we are accelerating the rollout of mental health support teams, because we now want to meet a more ambitious target of achieving full national coverage by 2029. We have already made progress. As of March this year, some 60% of pupils in schools and learners in further education were covered by a mental health support team. That is up from 52% the year before. The principle of integration where young people and children are is absolutely right. That is why we are not just investing in but accelerating the coverage of mental health support teams.