Mental Health Services: Children
(asked on 27th February 2018) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department has taken to improve access to mental health services for children who have (a) been the victims of abuse and (b) experienced other trauma.
The Five Year Forward View for Mental Health set out key recommendations for transforming mental health service provision to provide equitable access to high quality care for all people, including children who have been the victim of abuse and or experience other trauma. In January 2017 the Government responded accepting all of the recommendations. A copy of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health is available at the following link:
https://www.england.nhs.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Mental-Health-Taskforce-FYFV-final.pdf
By 2020/21, there will be a significant expansion in access to high-quality mental health care for children and young people. At least 70,000 additional children and young people each year will receive evidence-based treatment.
Additionally the Government published the ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a Green Paper’ on 4 December. This sets out an ambitious set of proposals to transform support for children and young people’s mental health and improve access to National Health Service-funded services. This is supported by an additional £300 million to deliver its key proposals. Further information is available at: