External consultation (Department of Health and Department of Education): Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision

The green paper focuses on earlier intervention and prevention, especially in and linked to schools and colleges.

The proposals include:

• creating a new mental health workforce of community-based mental health support teams
• every school and college will be encouraged to appoint a designated lead for mental health
• a new 4-week waiting time for NHS children and young people’s mental health services to be piloted in some areas
   

• Further information can be found here.

• The Quality Standard can be found here.
   

Getting involved

If you are interested in contributing to this, please send your comments to Nigel Atter ([email protected]) who is leading the Society’s response, by Friday 16th February using the response form below.

• Response form

• Consultation Process
   

Please note:

• The Society will only produce ONE response to any consultation.
• Any response that goes under the Society logo MUST be signed off by the relevant Board Chair and Branch Chair in the case of Devolved Nations.
• Responses on behalf of particular Divisions / Faculties /Member Networks are not permitted under any circumstances.
• Please do refer to the British Psychological Society Consultation Processes document which is attached before writing and sending any comments

If you have any queries at all - please do not hesitate to get in touch.
 

Society Response

To read the Society's response to this consultation please click here.