The promise is laid out in the government’s response to the Children and Young People’s Mental Health and Wellbeing Taskforce’s findings, which detail how young people with mental health issues and their families are struggling to access support.
The taskforce found that around three-quarters of children and young people with a mental health disorder are not in touch with appropriate mental health services, adding that “the human case for striving to reduce this distress and suffering is overwhelming”.
The government’s response document, called Future in Mind, proposes more tailored support for young people, with commissioning better based around the needs of local young people.
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