As part of an annual scheme to improve provision in specialist areas,the deaf child and adolescent mental health outreach service will gonational from the beginning of next month.
The move, announced by the National Commissioning Group on behalf of theNHS, will see the service expand to four "hubs" to deliver specialisthelp as well as offering training to professionals.
Pauline Walker, deputy director for families at the National DeafChildren's Society (NDCS), said the change is an important one as manydeaf children with mental health issues fall through the net. "Deafchildren are not getting an equal service to hearing children and thisis an attempt to try and solve that problem."
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