Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what plans his Department has to integrate the new mental health support teams with existing services in (a) schools and (b) the NHS.
Mental Health Support Teams will work with and alongside existing professionals and will complement the ‘whole school’ approach to health and wellbeing, working with existing services in schools, the National Health Service, the voluntary sector and other professionals working with children and young people. The aim is for the teams to be delivered in a way that provides a focus for collaborative working.
Each Mental Health Support Team will have a number of trained staff, including a new role of Education Mental Health Practitioners, supervised by existing, experienced mental health staff.