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<p>The Department is committing increased expenditure to support the provision of
mental health services in the community, to reduce the need for children to be admitted
to mental health hospitals unless absolutely necessary.</p><p>Through the NHS Long
Term Plan, published in January 2019, mental health funding will grow by at least
£2.3 billion a year by 2023/24, with funding for children and young people’s mental
health services growing faster than both overall National Health Service funding and
total mental health spending. This extra investment will mean an extra 345,000 children
and young people aged 0-25 will receive mental health support by 2023/24.</p><p>The
key proposals in ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision:
a green paper’ aim to improve early intervention. New mental health support teams
will deliver evidence-based interventions in or close to schools and colleges for
those with mild to moderate mental health issues in 25 trailblazer areas in England.
12 of the 25 trailblazer sites will pilot a four-week waiting time to speed up children
and young people’s access to NHS mental health services.</p><p>Over the next five
years, the NHS will therefore continue to invest in expanding access to community-based
mental health services to meet the needs of more children and young people.</p><p>The
NHS Long Term Plan prioritises services for children and young people, providing a
clear focus on improving the health and wellbeing of children and young people with
learning disabilities and/or autism, as well as committing to implementing ‘Building
the right support’ in full, achieving at least a 50% reduction in the number of people
with a learning disability or autism who are inpatients, compared to the figure in
2015, by the end of 2023/24.</p><p>The Long Term Plan sets out specific commitments
to achieve this by developing new models of care to provide care closer to home and
investing in intensive, crisis and forensic community support. By 2023/24 children
and young people with a learning disability, autism or both with the most complex
needs will also have a designated keyworker. These will be initially provided to children
and young people who are inpatients or at risk of being admitted to hospital.</p><p>Furthermore,
the Government is committed to reviewing mental health legislation so that it works
better for both adults and children. We are currently considering the findings from
the independent review of the Mental Health Act 1983, which covers how a person can
be detained or sectioned for treatment and will respond in due course.</p><p> </p><p>
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