Usually young people under 16 need to be accompanied by a parent orcarer to access child and adolescent mental health services. But theconfidential service, officially launched this month, allows 13- to19-year-olds to call a primary mental health worker and choose where tomeet.
Nigel Sampson, the service's primary mental health worker, said: "Thisis going at their pace and putting the power back in their hands."
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