Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 20487

Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

Tabled: 16 December 2024

Answered: 14 January 2025

Question

Carla Denyer

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, whether his plans to provide mental health professionals in schools include access to children and young people’s counsellors trained to Level 4 Diploma of Higher Education in counselling with clin

Answer

Stephen Kinnock

We know that waits for mental health services are far too long, including for children and young people. That is why we will recruit 8,500 additional mental health workers across children and adult mental health services, and introduce a specialist ment...

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