Health written question – answered at on 25 July 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures his Department has adopted to ensure that agencies working with under 18-year-olds with conditions that can cause severe behavioural problems co-ordinate their work in the best interests of those people.
Agencies are committed to working together to help young people with severe behavioural disorders and there are local authority targets to ensure protocols are in place for those with complex needs. Multi-agency teams, such as youth offending teams, work co-operatively to ensure that needs are met. The National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services encourages and promotes increased efforts to develop multi-agency services to promote the mental health of all children and young people. Partnership working across agencies will help to eradicate many problems.
This of course only reflects the position in England.
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