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Debate between Sam Gyimah and James Morris
Monday 30th November 2015

(8 years, 5 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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James Morris Portrait James Morris (Halesowen and Rowley Regis) (Con)
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Many headteachers in my constituency are reporting an increased prevalence of mental health problems among young people in schools. Does the Secretary of State agree that we need better integration between schools and child and adolescent mental health services to deal with that growing problem?

Sam Gyimah Portrait Mr Gyimah
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My hon. Friend is a passionate campaigner on mental health issues. He will be aware that we have funded a £1.5 million joint pilot with the Department of Health on a single point of contact between schools and CAMHS, so that parents do not have to go through the aggravation of trying to work out how to access those vital services to support their children.

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