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<p>Protecting our children’s mental health is a priority for this Government and a
core part of 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.</p><p> </p><p>Close to 325,000 children and young
people have been treated through NHS commissioned community services in 2017/18. We
are on track to deliver the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health’s commitment
to improve care and extend access to 70,000 more children and young people by 2020/21.</p><p>
</p><p>The recent ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision:
a Green Paper’ aims to improve provision of support for all children and young people
through its three key proposals:</p><p>- Incentivising every school/college to identify
and train Designated Senior Lead for Mental Health;</p><p>- Creating new Mental Health
Support Teams in/around schools; and</p><p>- Piloting a four-week waiting time for
specialist NHS services.</p><p> </p><p>Clinical commissioning groups in West Yorkshire
are responsible for ensuring adequate access to mental health treatment locally.</p>
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