News of a £1.25bn investment in mental health services for children and new mothers is a welcome boon for the sector.
Announced during the pre-election budget, the majority of the cash (£1bn) will go towards treating 110,000 more children during the five-year term of the next parliament - the equivalent of 22,000 additional children each year at an annual cost of £200m.
A further £118m will be spent by 2018/19 to complete the roll-out of the Children and Young People's Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme, ensuring that there are talking therapists in every part of the country. In addition, £75m over the next five years (£15m a year) will be spent providing the right care for more women experiencing mental ill health during the perinatal or antenatal period.
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