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MPs criticise government's child mental health plans

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MPs have launched a scathing attack on government efforts to improve support for young people with mental health conditions, who they say "are being failed by the NHS".

The House of Commons public accounts committee is particularly critical of the government's 2015 Future in Mind strategy, which is backed by £1.4bn in funding and pledges "a cross-departmental vision" for improving mental health services by 2020.

A committee report published today on mental health services for children and young people says the government has "no comprehensive, long-term plan for how it will fulfil its commitment to implement Future in Mind".

"The government is committed to delivering the cross-departmental vision set out in Future in Mind but has not set out the actions and budget required to deliver it in full, or any measurable objectives or targets," states the committee's report.

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