Mental Health Services: Cumbria

(asked on 9th February 2022) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps the Government is taking to improve the provision of mental health care for children and youths in Cumbria.


Answered by
Gillian Keegan Portrait
Gillian Keegan
Secretary of State for Education
This question was answered on 22nd February 2022

North Cumbria Clinical Commissioning Group has advised that, despite the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, there have been improvements in waiting times and quality of services, especially in community children and young people’s services with a focus on stabilising services.

Lancashire and South Cumbria Integrated Care System is investing an additional £10.7 million to improve children’s mental health and emotional wellbeing. This will deliver a transformation programme in the next three years based upon the THRIVE model of care, including reducing waiting times, improving experience and quality of care, recruiting more primary mental health workers and ensuring young people receive consistent levels of care in the region. There will also be a focus on developing crisis care, reducing the need for young people to be admitted to hospital.

In addition to existing mental health support teams in Carlisle, Allerdale and Barrow-in-Furness, further support teams will be established across Cumbria over the next three years. The children and young people’s emotional wellbeing and mental health transformation programme for Cumbria will continue to be delivered by the children and young people’s emotional wellbeing and mental health partnership board.

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