A review of local improvement arrangements for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) has rated 80 per cent of areas as not good enough.
The review into the quality of 121 local transformation plans produced by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) in England found significant deficiencies in a number of aspects of provision across the country.
Through measures introduced in 2015 under the Future in Mindreforms for improving CAMHS, each CCG was required to produce a local transformation plan.
The Education Policy Institute's Mental Health Commission assessed plans on five key areas - governance, early intervention, ambition, involvement of children, and transparency.
Only 18 plans were rated "good" - meaning it had a combined score of 40 or more out of a possible 50 - while 45 plans were rated as "requires substantial improvement" - meaning it had a score of lower than 30 (see graphics).
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