It has been heartening to see the renewed focus from policymakers on children and young peoples’ mental health. The NHS Long-Term Plan, Ofsted school inspections that place a priority on pupils’ mental health and wellbeing, and the recent children’s commissioner for England report highlighting additional investment in school counsellors all demonstrate this strategic priority.
There is no doubt that since Future in Mind was published in 2015 there has been a step-change in our response and awareness of children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. The strategic priority could not be clearer and is long overdue – ongoing narratives regarding long waiting times, increasing demand, and the system in general not working are a testament to that. It is going to take time to get right. However, an ongoing question for me is whether we are focusing on the right population groups?
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