The news follows a conference held to help child and adolescent healthservices (CAMHS) in London meet the public service agreement to provideservices for children with learning disabilities by the end of thisyear.
Delegates at the event, held last week by the Care Services ImprovementPartnership and the National CAMHS Support Service, heard that one intwo children with learning disabilities have mental health problems.
Yet only 49 per cent of CAMHS also provide learning disability services,according to government figures. In London, just 19 of the capital's 31CAMHS partnerships have met the target.
Andrew Turnbull, programme director at the Care Services ImprovementPartnership, said the plans were being drawn up as part of workshopsorganised by regional partnership leads.
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