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Access to specialist mental health support is essential in supporting children in care, and the...
Recommendation
Access to specialist mental health support is essential in supporting children in care, and the Government must commit to funding specialist mental health support for every school. It must also invest targeted funding to fully level-up spend per-child on mental health, and to reduce mental health waiting lists to no longer than one month. (Paragraph 61) A national scandal: children missing from education and in unregulated ‘education’
Government Response Summary
The government acknowledged the importance of specialist mental health support, stating that they are investing an additional £2.3 billion per year by 2023/24, to allow 345,000 children and young people to access NHS-funded mental health services and supporting every school and college to access mental health training backed by £1.4 billion but did not commit to funding specialist mental health support for every school or reducing mental health waiting lists to one month.
Government Response
Accepted in Part
Government Response
Accepted in Part
HM Government
Accepted in Part
We recognise that access to specialist mental health support is essential in supporting children in care. The government is transforming mental health services with an additional £2.3 billion per year by 2023/24. This will allow an additional 345,000 children and young people to access NHS-funded mental health services. Every school and college will be supported to access mental health training, and to be part of a mental health support team, backed by £1.4 billion.
Source
Committee
Education Committee
Inquiry
Children's Homes
Addressee Bodies
Department for Education
Timeline
Recommendation age
3.9 yrs
Report published
08 Jul 2022