This is a welcome conclusion, even if it is only an interim one. For too long young people and their families and carers have had to join things up for themselves, backwards and forwards between schools, health practitioners, mental health services, educational welfare services, educational psychologists, counselling services... the list goes on. This is no easy task, and the report refers to the difficulties in navigating "the system", such as inflexible appointment times, lack of information about services and the roles of different professionals, and inconsistency in staffing so young people can't build up relationships.
Where young people are well supported or are clear themselves about the kind of support they need there is more of a chance that the machinery will begin to turn. But for the most vulnerable there is a risk that the lack of service co-ordination will bring even greater dysfunction into their lives.
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