Latest reports suggest the rollout of MHSTs is on track and their work highly valued. The problem is in the extent of the ambition and who MHSTs are helping – or missing out.
As Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield argued that the implementation of MHSTs was too slow. Now chair of think-tank the Centre for Young Lives (CfYL), she is calling for their extension to receive a “rocket-boost” so an extra four million children can access them (analysis, p14). She is right. The number of eight- to 16-year-olds with a probable mental health condition has risen from one in nine pre-pandemic to one in five now, according to latest NHS England data.
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