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<p>We have introduced two waiting time standards relating to mental health services
for children and young people and the National Health Service is currently on track
to meet both of these by April 2021.</p><p> </p><p>The first is 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 Green Paper on transforming children and
young people’s mental health provision, jointly published with the Department for
Education, sets out how we plan to go further. We are piloting a four-week waiting
time in 12 areas to improve access to children and young people’s specialist mental
health services and are introducing new schools- and college-based mental health support
teams.</p><p> </p>
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