Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 56405

Mental Health Services: Children

Tabled: 2 June 2025

Answered: 9 June 2025

Question

Liz Jarvis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to help reduce staffing shortages in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

This year the Department is investing an extra £688 million in children and young people’s mental health services. This will allow us to hire more staff, deliver more talking therapies, and get waiting lists down through our Plan for Change. Early interve...

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