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<p>The Care Quality Commission makes an annual assessment of health and care services
in England and publishes its findings through the State of Care report. The most recent
‘The state of health care and adult social care in England 2019/20’ finds that 71%
of National Health Services (NHS) mental health core services were rated as good and
11% as outstanding. The report does not provide a breakdown for services for children
and young people, or young people specifically.</p><p>On capacity, the NHS Digital
publishes quarterly data through the NHS Mental Health Dashboard. It includes the
proportion of children and young people who have had at least two contacts with NHS-funded
community mental health services, based on estimated prevalence available in 2016,
namely the Office for National Statistics report Mental health of children and young
people in Great Britain, 2004. In 2019/20, 36.9% of children and young people with
a diagnoseable mental health condition had at least two contacts with such services.
This exceeds the aims of the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health to increase
access for children and young people from 25% to at least 35% of expected prevalence
by 2020/21.</p><p>We know that the pandemic has had an impact on the mental health
and wellbeing of many children and young people. This is why we are investing an additional
£500 million in 2021/22 to address waiting times for mental health services, give
more people the mental health support they need, and invest in the NHS workforce.
As part of this investment, we have committed to accelerate key commitments in the
NHS Long Term Plan. We continue to work with Public Health England, NHS England and
NHS Improvement to understand the impact of the pandemic on people’s mental health,
including commissioning regular surveys via NHS Digital to monitor this over the course
of the pandemic.</p>
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