The government's implementation of its flagship children's mental health policy, Future in Mind, has recently been criticised by the House of Commons public accounts committee. Developed in 2015 in response to rising demand for services and widespread failings within the children's mental health system, the policy promised £1.4bn of additional funding for services, and to foster a "parity of esteem" between physical and mental health.
In order to receive a share of the funding, clinical commissioning groups were required to develop local transformation plans (LTPs), setting out how they would improve child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in their area; working closely with commissioners and providers from social care, schools and the voluntary and community sector to ensure provision was joined up.
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