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<p>Through the NHS Long Term Plan, the National Health Service has set a goal of an
extra 345,000 children and young people aged 0-25, receiving support via NHS-funded
mental health services by 2023/24. The National Health Service has also committed
to funding for children and young people’s mental health services growing as a proportion
of all mental health funding for the first time, which will itself grow faster than
funding for the NHS overall.</p><p> </p><p>The Long Term Plan committed at least a
further £2.3 billion a year to mental health services by 2023/24 and the Government
also pledged £1.25 billion by 2020 to support improvements in children and young people’s
mental health and wellbeing for a wide range of mental health conditions, including
depression and anxiety, along with £150 million for eating disorder services.</p><p>
</p><p>The National Implementation Framework, when published, will provide further
information on how the commitments set out for children and young people’s mental
health in the Long Term Plan will be implemented.</p><p> </p><p>Our Green Paper ‘Transforming
children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ also sets out
how we plan to increase the availability of support for children and young people,
by reaching them through schools or colleges.</p><p> </p>
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