Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the (a) referral process and (b) self-referral process for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services is consistent across NHS trusts in England.
Models of delivery and service configuration are locally determined. Arrangements for referral and self-referral processes are the responsibility of professionals and children and young people’s mental health services. NHS England and NHS Improvement expect local areas to have clear referral and self-referral processes in place, which consider the needs of the young person.