The latest quarterly figures from primary care trusts show a dramaticupturn in the provision from core child and adolescent mental healthservices (CAMHS) in the last three months of 2006.
However, Children Now has discovered that the figures cover healthauthorities that indicate they have met targets, but have only maderecovery-style plans to meet them.
In line with the public service agreement target, CAMHS were supposed toprovide emergency cover around the clock, as well as services forchildren with learning disabilities and 16- and 17-year-olds by December2006.
The figures indicate strong progress in all three areas. Theavailability of children's mental health and learning disabilityservices has risen by almost 25 per cent since the last quarter, with87.5 per cent of primary care trusts providing them in December 2006.The extension of mental health services for 16- and 17-year-olds hasalso increased, from 80 per cent of primary care trusts in September to89.5 per cent in December.
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