Children’s mental health has received plenty of attention from policymakers over the past decade. The Mental Health Act (2007), implemented by the then Labour government, introduced the requirement for under-18s to be treated in age-appropriate settings. Six months into the coalition, then Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg launched No Health Without Mental Health, the cross-government strategy to improve mental health outcomes for all ages and ensure “parity of esteem” between mental health and physical health services. The coalition also commissioned an independent taskforce review of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), appointed a cross-department minister for CAMHS, embarked on a national rollout of psychological therapies and set out plans for the first waiting time standards for CAMHS.
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