A government mental health strategy is at risk because most children and young people’s mental health trusts have nurse recruitment difficulties, suggests an independent report.
Experts evaluated whether children and young people’s mental health care had improved since the publication in March 2015 of the government strategy Future in Mind.
The strategy, backed by £1.4bn over five years, aimed to modernise the way children and young people’s mental health services operated and tackle the current treatment gap.
The vision was to move towards a system focused on prevention and early-intervention, where specialist services were integrated with wider health and care support.
Full story in Nursing Times 19 August 2016