It has been 10 years since the coalition government introduced Future in Mind, a bold policy aimed at transforming mental health support for children and young people.
The vision was ambitious: prioritising early intervention, integrating care across sectors, and ensuring no child or young person slips through the cracks. But a decade later, how much of that promise has been fulfilled?
Despite a growing recognition of the importance of children's mental health, political will has fluctuated over the decade. While successive initiatives – such as the NHS Five Year Forward View for Mental Health, the Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health green paper, and the NHS Long Term Plan – have built on Future in Mind, systemic issues remain. Now, as the government drafts a new 10-year health plan, will this finally be the moment real change happens, or will it be another false dawn?
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