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Mental Health Services: Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

answeredDepartment of Health and Social Care

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Answering body
Department of Health and Social Care
Tabled
10 Jun 2026
Target answer date
15 Jun 2026
Answer
25 Jun 2026 · 15 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to reduce waiting times for children and young people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services.

  2. 15 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 25 Jun 2026

    Answer published

    We know that children and young people are waiting too long to access mental health services within the National Health Service.In the 12 months since the General Election in July 2024, almost 40,000 more children and young people received support compare...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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