Children and Young People’s Mental Health Services

Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 11:30 am on 22 March 2016.

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Photo of Luciana Berger Luciana Berger Shadow Minister (Mental Health) 11:30, 22 March 2016

Earlier this month, school and college leaders reported a large rise in the number of students suffering from anxiety. Two thirds said that they struggle to get mental health services for their pupils, and of those who had referred a student to child and adolescent mental health services—CAMHS—the majority rated them as “poor” or “very poor”. Despite the Minister’s warm words, things are getting worse, not better. Will he confirm that every single penny promised to children’s mental health will reach those services and that none of this money will be used to plug the gap in hospital budgets?