In early 2017, Prime Minister Theresa May signalled her intention to make children's mental health a key priority by announcing the government would publish a new policy paper on the issue. The green paper, Transforming Children and Young People's Mental Health Provision, published last December, includes a range of measures largely focused on detecting children's mental health problems earlier and improving the speed at which young people receive assessment and treatment.
The government acted amid mounting evidence that the number of children with mental ill health is growing, and that more needs to be done to tackle problems earlier to prevent them escalating to the point where they need specialist interventions.
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