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<p>We have made an additional £1.4 billion available for children’s mental health
service transformation and are on track to ensure that an additional 70,000 children
and young people access community mental health services annually by 2020/21.</p><p>
</p><p>We have introduced two waiting time standards for children and young people
and are on track to meet both of these standards. The first aims for 95% of children
(up to 19 years old) with eating disorders to receive treatment within a week for
urgent cases and four weeks for routine cases. The second aims for 50% of patients
of all ages experiencing a first episode of psychosis to receive treatment within
two weeks of referral.</p><p> </p><p>Our Children and Young People’s Green Paper,
jointly published with the Department for Education, sets out how we plan to go further.
We are piloting a four-week waiting time to improve access to services and are introducing
new mental health support teams. Trailblazer sites, where we plan to test our Green
Paper proposals, will be announced shortly.</p>
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