No national statistics exist on the number of young people treated for mental health problems using drugs, talking therapies, or a combination.
In the past, some information on child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) was collated through the Department of Health (DoH). But Sarah Brennan, chief executive of Young Minds, told CYP Now that gathering of data at central government level has been scaled back.
"We are concerned about how national data is going to be collected on care pathways and the pattern of treatments and their outcomes," she said.
"There has been a reduction in civil servants at the DoH because of the government's drive to reduce centralisation so part of the problem is that there just aren't the people to collect the data."
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