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<p>The Government is committed to expanding access to mental health digital services
to enable more people to receive effective care and provide greater accessibility
and choice.</p><p> </p><p>There has been a lot of progress made to date in harnessing
digital technologies such as the establishment of seven mental health global digital
exemplars which are trusts leading the way in improving digital inclusion and uptake
of digital therapies and tools. The National Health Service app library is now hosting
six digital tools aimed at improving mental health support and early intervention
for children and young people.</p><p> </p><p>There is also ongoing work to redesign
the NHS.uk website to improve information and access to digital support for mental
health. Development is also underway for a specialist mental health assessment module
for NHS111 which will provide more appropriate support and signposting.</p><p> </p><p>For
people in need of mental health crisis care who have been detained under the Mental
Health Act, new technology is being trialled to enable health and social care professionals,
community street triage teams and the police to access appropriate Health Based Places
of Safety.</p><p> </p><p>NHS England is working with the National Institute for Health
and Care and Excellence in developing a digitally enabled therapy assessment programme
which will assess up to 14 digital therapy products for use in Improving Access to
Psychological Therapies services by 2020. Three of these 14 products have been assessed
for inclusion in this programme so far.</p>
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