Children and young people's mental health services are the Cinderella of the NHS. While there is new money through the £1.4bn Future in Mind programme, many areas are starting from a low base. But even with the new money, it will not be possible to help every child or young person who has a mental health problem.
So it begs the question: does something need to be done differently to help children and young people?
Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) straddle various agencies. Pressures on one part of the system will impact on the rest. While we have had funding crises before, what is different now is the state of the wider system CAMHS sits within.
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