Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure that parents with children with mental health challenges receive the support required.

We would expect children and young people’s mental health services, in the care of children and young people with mental health challenges, to routinely involve parents, carers, and families as appropriate.

In September 2020, we launched a campaign through the Every Mind Matters website to raise awareness of the guidance and tools available to parents and carers, to help in supporting children and young people’s mental wellbeing. Specific content directed at parents is available at the following link:

https://www.mindedforfamilies.org.uk/

Information for parents and carers of children in contact with children and young people’s mental health services is also available at the following link:

https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/children-and-young-adults/mental-health-support/supporting-a-child-or-young-person/