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Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the effectiveness of Mental Health Support Teams in schools in respect to reducing pressure on CAHMS.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
26 Feb 2026
Target answer date
2 Mar 2026
Answer
19 Mar 2026 · 21 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 26 Feb 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment the Department has made of the effectiveness of Mental Health Support Teams in schools in respect to reducing pressure on CAHMS.

  2. 2 Mar 2026

    Target answer date

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  3. 19 Mar 2026

    Answer published

    The Department has reviewed the available evidence and operational learning to assess the impact of Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs). Early findings from evaluations of trailblazer and pilot sites suggest that MHSTs are supporting earlier identificatio...

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