Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered at on 13 December 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the announcement by the Children's Commissioner's Children's Mental, published November 2018, what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of referrals of children with mental health problems being closed before those children entered treatment.
The Mental Health Data Set, published by NHS Digital, sets out the number of referrals received by National Health Service specialist children’s mental health services and those that go on to receive treatment.
There are many reasons why a referral to NHS children’s mental health services might be rejected – some cases are not appropriate for NHS treatment and there are more appropriate sources of help. Where possible, patients are referred on to other forms of support.
However, the Government is also committed to expanding access to specialist services and we are on track to see an additional 70,000 children and young people each year by 2020/21.
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