Dinah Morley, acting director of mental health charity YoungMinds, said the extension of child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) to 16- and 17-year-olds announced in last week's spending review was just the start of a number of planned reforms (YPN, 21-27 July, p3). Up to now, CAMHS has only been required to support young people until they turn 16.
"We understand CAMHS will go up to the age of 18," Morley told YPN. "The service will also start to develop 24-hour cover and specialist teams." The spending review allocated 250m over three years to improve the service, the same as was given in the last review.
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