Mental Health Services: Children
Commons · Question 48405 · Tabled 28 Apr 2025 · Department of Health and Social Care · Official record
Answered 7 May 2025
Question
Asked by Jim Shannon
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps he is taking to reduce the number of children waiting two years for mental health treatment on the NHS.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Kinnock, 7 May 2025
We know that too many children and young people are not receiving the mental health care they need and that waits for mental health services are too long. We are determined to change that.Nationally, the Government is providing £7 million of funding to ex...