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<p>The Government is committed to reducing waiting times for children and young people
with mental ill health.</p><p>Following the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health,
in 2016 we introduced two waiting time 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 is that 50% of patients
experiencing a first episode of psychosis receive treatment within two weeks of referral.</p><p>In
the Children and Young People’s Green Paper published jointly with the Department
for Education, we also announced a four week waiting time to improve access to National
Health Service mental health services, which we are rolling out in a number of trailblazer
areas as a pilot, alongside the new mental health support teams, with a view to rolling
out waiting times nationally.</p><p>The NHS Long Term Plan goes further with the goal
of an extra 345,000 children and young people aged 0 -25 receiving support via NHS-funded
mental health services by 2023/24. This includes a one hour target for young people
arriving in accident and emergency experiencing a mental health crisis to be given
an assessment.</p>
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