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<p>We are interested in the recommendations of the Children’s Society Crumbling Futures
report and welcome the focus on this area.</p><p>The government’s mandate to NHS England
includes an explicit expectation that the NHS, working together with schools and children’s
services will support and safeguard vulnerable children through a joined-up approach
to addressing their emotional, mental and physical health needs.</p><p>The Department
of Health and Social Care is providing an additional £1.4 billion funding between
2015/16 and 2019/20 in order to transform mental health services for children and
young people with the ambition for an additional 70,000 children and young people
to access NHS specialist services a year by 2020/21.</p><p>One of the ways the government
will encourage take up of mental health services is through the new Mental Health
Support Teams proposed in the Mental Health Green Paper, which will provide significant
support to 16-18s in schools and colleges. The Department for Education will also
test how the teams can support vulnerable 16-18s and others not in school or college
such as those in apprenticeships and other work-based learning. Additionally, the
Department of Health are setting up a new national strategic partnership with key
stakeholders focused on improving the mental health of 16-25 year olds by encouraging
more coordinated action, experimentation and robust evaluation.</p><p> </p>
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