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1686032

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether she has made an assessment of the potential merits of developing a bespoke strategy for children's and young people's mental health.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	12136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>Following on from our mental health and wellbeing call for evidence in 2022, we decided to develop a Major Conditions Strategy. This strategy will be joined up rather than standalone and will ensure that mental health is considered alongside other physical health conditions, meaning the interactions between the two are reflected in any resulting commitments.</p><p> </p><p>The Major Conditions Strategy’s case for change and strategic framework was published on 21 August 2023 and sets out a number of commitments to drive further improvements to support better mental health. The final Major Conditions Strategy is expected to be published later in 2024.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 02/02/2024 10:21:10 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1686035

	registered interest
	date	30/01/2024
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps she is taking to help ensure coordination of children and young people's mental health support across different agencies.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	12139
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2024 answer text <p>The Department works closely with a number of agencies both inside and outside of the Government to support the mental health of children and young people. This includes working with the voluntary, community and social enterprise sector to deliver and evaluate innovative, community-based mental health and wellbeing support for young people. This includes 10 early support hubs across England, backed by £4.92 million of new funding until the end of 2024/25. These hubs are open to those aged between 11 and 25 years old, who may not meet the threshold to receive National Health Service support.</p><p>Our flagship joint programme is the children and young people green paper programme, working across the Department for Education and NHS England. We are ahead of target on delivery of mental health support in schools and colleges and the Department for Education has committed to offer all state schools and colleges a grant to train a senior mental health lead by 2025, with over 14,000 schools and colleges having taken up the offer so far.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 02/02/2024 10:20:00 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1625282

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the availability of Tier 4 beds in (a) England, (b) York and (c) North Yorkshire; and whether he plans to take steps to increase the number of beds available.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	183493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>NHS England continually assess the adequacy of children and young people’s Tier 4 mental health services, including in the Humber and North Yorkshire Integrated Care Board area. The National Health Service is working to reduce reliance on inpatient beds and to have fewer young people being detained under the Mental Health Act. To support this, the model of inpatient care is being reviewed and re-designed to support the move to a community-based provision of care, where children and young people are able to access appropriate support in a timely, effective, and patient-centred way, close to home and in the least restrictive environment.</p><p>NHS England is committed to developing a national Tier 4 admission protocol for children and young people with multi-agency partners, which will seek to address the need for improvement and consistency in practice when identifying the clinical suitability of admission to hospital, the checks and balances required prior to making referral for a Mental Health Act assessment and promotion of the least restrictive practice principle across services. The national protocol is due to be completed by summer 2023.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 11/05/2023 16:07:49 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield previous answer version 73630 answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1624487

	registered interest
	date	27/04/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that children and young people are not placed in social care settings if mental health interventions are required.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	183141
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/05/2023 answer text <p>Children’s and young people’s mental health interventions can take place in many contexts and will depend on the clinical needs of the child as to whether interventions are delivered in the community, whilst the child is in a placement, or in an inpatient setting. We are working with Department for Education and NHS England, to ensure that the needs of children in different settings are met fairly and equitably.</p><p>Our strategy is to reduce reliance on mental health inpatient beds and to have fewer young people being detained under the Mental Health Act. To support this, the model of inpatient care is being re-designed to enable the move to a more community-based provision of care, where children and young people can access appropriate mental health support in a timely, effective, and person-centred way, at home or close to home and in the least restrictive environment. We also recognise that for some children and young people, admission to hospital will not be the most appropriate way to meet their needs. This has been a focus of the transformation of children and young people’s mental health and continues to be a priority in the NHS Long Term Plan.</p><p>We are also working with key stakeholders including the Association of Directors of Children’s Services and the Local Government Association, to consider how we can better work together to deliver children’s social care and health services for children with the most complex needs.</p><p>A Task and Finish Group is examining the barriers to commissioning and providing joint care and health provision, and how we can support the sector to better deliver this in future through implementing the recommendations in Stable Homes Built on Love, the Government’s strategy for transforming children’s social care, and building on other ongoing programmes, such as the NHS Long Term Plan.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield grouped question UIN 183142 question first answered 05/05/2023 09:32:51 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1612397

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to ensure that there is sufficient high quality residential placements for children and young people with serious mental health challenges in every locality.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	181687
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2023 answer text <p>Our overall strategy is to reduce reliance on inpatient mental health beds for children and young people with a severe mental illness and to have fewer young people being detained under the Mental Health Act. To support this the model of provision of National Health Service-funded inpatient treatment is being reviewed and re-designed to support the move to community-based provision, where children and young people are able to access appropriate support in a timely, effective, and patient-centred way, close to home and in the least restrictive environment.</p><p>We recognise that for some young people, admission to hospital will not be the most appropriate way to meet their needs. This has been a focus of the transformation of children and young people’s mental health services and continues to be a priority in the NHS Long Term Plan. This transition is being supported by the introduction of provider collaboratives to support place-based commissioning and to develop local services that meet the needs of their communities. Options may include increased day provision and the new model would see a change to how inpatient environments are best utilised.</p><p>NHS England’s new Quality Transformation Programme is currently undertaking a review of children and young people’s inpatient services. The purpose is to support development of a new model of inpatient care for specialist services that can support localised treatment in the least restrictive environment but also to ensure inpatient care is part of a seamless pathway that delivers quality care.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 24/04/2023 15:45:17 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1611293

	registered interest
	date	17/04/2023
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people to receive mental health support.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	180922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2023 answer text <p>We are supporting the expansion and transformation of mental health services for children and young people through the NHS Long Term Plan. As part of the accompanying investment of at least an extra £2.3 billion a year by March 2024, an additional 345,000 children and young people will be able to get the mental health support they need.</p><p> </p><p>We also provided an additional £79 million for 2021/22 to allow around 22,500 more children and young people to access community mental health services and around 2,000 more to access eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to roll out mental health support teams in schools and colleges across the country, offering early support to children experiencing anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issues. As of spring 2022, there were 287 in place in over 4,700 schools and colleges in England with over 500 planned to be up and running by 2024.</p><p /><p>NHS England has consulted on the potential to introduce five new waiting time standards as part of its clinically-led review of National Health Service access standards, including that children, young people and their families presenting to community-based mental health services should start to receive care within four weeks from referral. As a first step, NHS England has shared and promoted guidance with its local system partners to consistently report waiting times to support the development of a baseline position.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/04/2023 13:21:33 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1542430

	registered interest
	date	15/11/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to help reduce the number of children and young people requiring placement in institutional mental health facilities.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	87883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2022 answer text <p>Through the NHS Long Term Plan, we are investing an additional £2.3 billion a year by 2023/24 to expand National Health Service mental health services, including community and school-based services to ensure that more children and young people receive support without requiring an inpatient admission. In 2021/22, we also invested £79 million in children’s mental health services, including enabling approximately 22,500 additional children and young people to access community health services and a further 2,000 to access eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>There are currently 287 mental health support teams in approximately 4,700 schools and colleges offering support to children experiencing anxiety, depression and other common mental health issues and there are plans for 500 teams to be operational by 2024. All NHS mental health providers have 24 hours a day, seven days a week all-age urgent mental health helplines available and crisis resolution and intensive home treatment teams.</p> answering member constituency Lewes answering member printed Maria Caulfield question first answered 21/11/2022 15:30:15 answering member 4492 label Biography information for Maria Caulfield
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1507796

	registered interest
	date	22/09/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if she will ensure that CAMHS services are part of her Plan for Patients.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	54600
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>‘Our plan for patients’ will complement the existing NHS Long Term Plan. We will continue to expand access to mental health services, including for children and young people. The NHS Long Term Plan commits to investing at least an additional £2.3 billion a year into mental health services by 2023/24, allowing at least 345,000 more children and young people access to National Health Service-funded mental health support.</p> answering member constituency Sleaford and North Hykeham answering member printed Dr Caroline Johnson question first answered 11/10/2022 11:18:58 answering member 4592 label Biography information for Dr Caroline Johnson
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1470593

	registered interest
	date	15/06/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his Department has made an assessment of the (a) scale of, (b) long-term implications of and (c) interventions needed to help tackle mental health issues in (i) young children and (ii) adolescents.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	18951
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2022 answer text <p>In 2021, approximately 17.4% of children aged between six and 16 years old and young people aged 17 to 19 years old had a probable mental health disorder.</p><p>The impact assessment for ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision: a green paper’ published in December 2017, considered the need to increase support to children and young people with mild to moderate mental health conditions and the options for intervention considered. The impact assessment is available at the following link:</p><p>https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/664442/MHGP_IA.pdf</p><p>An independent evaluation of the initial stages of implementation of the programme will inform future interventions and assess the overall impact and outcomes.</p><p><strong> </strong></p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 20/06/2022 17:49:47 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan previous answer version 7515 answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1468412

	registered interest
	date	08/06/2022
	answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
	answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
	hansard heading	Mental Health Services: Children and Young People
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to correspondence from the Minister of State for Care and Mental Health to the Chair of the Health and Social Care Committee dated 20 April 2022, what the policy justification is for pursuing a non-statutory approach to early intervention and school and community-based measures for the mental health support of children and young people.
	tabling member constituency	York Central
	tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
	uin	14522
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2022 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Edmonton (Kate Osamor) on 8 June 2022 to Question <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2022-05-18/4642" target="_blank">4642</a>.</p> answering member constituency Chichester answering member printed Gillian Keegan question first answered 13/06/2022 09:43:08 answering member 4680 label Biography information for Gillian Keegan
	tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell