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<p>It is the responsibility of Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire Integrated
Care Board to make available appropriate provision to meet the mental health and other
care needs of the local population in Bristol.</p><p> </p><p>Nationally, we are supporting
the expansion and transformation of mental health services for children and young
people through the NHS Long Term Plan. As part of the accompanying investment of at
least an extra £2.3 billion a year by March 2024, an additional 345,000 children and
young people will be able to get the mental health support they need.</p><p> </p><p>We
also provided an additional £79 million for 2021/22 to allow around 22,500 more children
and young people to access community mental health services and around 2,000 more
to access eating disorder services.</p><p> </p><p>We continue to roll out mental health
support teams in schools and colleges across the country, offering early support to
children experiencing anxiety, depression, and other common mental health issues.
As of May 2022, eight mental health support teams were in place or planned in the
area covered by the Bristol, North Somerset and South Gloucestershire integrated care
system.</p><p /><p>NHS England has consulted on the potential to introduce five new
waiting time standards as part of its clinically-led review of National Health Service
access standards, including that children, young people and their families presenting
to community-based mental health services should start to receive care within four
weeks from referral. As a first step, NHS England has shared and promoted guidance
with its local system partners to consistently report waiting times to support the
development of a baseline position.</p>
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