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<p>The Government published its response to the Five Year Forward View for Mental
Health on 9 January 2017. The Government accepted all the report’s recommendations
and published a detailed and robust action plan for taking them forward, including
how we will monitor progress and report this transparently.</p><p> </p><p>By 2020/21
there will be over £1 billion of extra investment every year, and the Government’s
ambition is that as a result, each year, one million more people with mental health
problems will access high quality care that they are not receiving today.</p><p> </p><p>For
children and young people, the Department of Health is working with the Department
for Education to produce a Green Paper on Children and Young People’s Mental Health,
and to make Mental Health First Aid training available in primary and secondary schools.
The Department of Health and NHS England will develop service capacity so that, by
2021, no child will be sent away from their local area to be treated for a general
mental health condition.</p><p> </p><p>For working age adults, the Prime Minister
has asked Lord Stevenson, who has campaigned on these issues for many years, and Paul
Farmer, CEO of Mind and Chair of the NHS Mental Health Taskforce, to work with leading
employer and mental health groups to create a new mental health partnership with industry,
and make prevention and breaking stigma priorities for employers. The Government is
also undertaking a full review of employment discrimination laws for employees with
mental health problems.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is investing £67.7 million in digital
mental health services to expand rapidly the treatment available.</p><p>The Department
is also making available up to £15 million additional funding available to support
community clinics, crisis cafes, and alternative places of safety, to support preventative
services in the community; and is investing over £10 million to support the fast track
Think Ahead programme for mental health social workers.</p>
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