Written questions

Mental Health Services: Children

Commons · Question 33455 · Tabled 25 Feb 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record

Answered 5 Mar 2025

Question

Asked by Sarah Champion

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether the term child practitioner is used exclusively to refer to Children and Young People's Wellbeing Practitioners.

Answer

Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 5 Mar 2025

Children and Young People’s Wellbeing Practitioners assess and support children and young people with mental health problems, improving their access to therapies. They play a key role in signposting children and young people to appropriate mental health a...