Mental Health Services: Schools

(asked on 30th June 2020) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure the adequate capacity of mental health services in schools for the start of the next academic year.


Answered by
Nadine Dorries Portrait
Nadine Dorries
This question was answered on 7th July 2020

We are implementing the core proposals in our response to the consultation ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’ Green Paper including, where possible, adapting the support made available during the COVID-19 outbreak to the circumstances that schools and colleges and children and young people will face once the new academic year starts.

Where in place, new services such as mental health support teams, working alongside established services across health, education, children’s services and voluntary sector, will provide important support to children and young people experiencing mild to moderate mental health issues.

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