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Children and young people's mental health - role of education inquiry

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Schools and colleges struggle to provide adequate time and resource for pupils’ well-being, according to the Health and Education Committees in a joint report published today.

The Committees say an increasing number of education providers are having to cut back on mental health services, such as in-school counsellors, despite a growing prevalence of mental ill health among children and young people.

The report notes that half of all cases of mental illness in adult life start before the age of 15 and that one in 10 children aged between 5-16 have had a diagnosed mental disorder.

Reports, special reports and government responses

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1st Joint Report of the Education and Health Committees of Session 2016-17 - Children and young people’s mental health—the role of education
Inquiries Children and young people's mental health - role of education inquiry, and Children and young people's mental health - role of education inquiry
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Response to this report
1st Joint Special Report - Children and young people’s mental health—the role of education: Government Response to the First Joint Report of Session 2016–17
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1st Joint Special Report - Children and young people’s mental health—the role of education: Government Response to the First Joint Report of Session 2016–17
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Oral evidence transcripts

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29 March 2017
Inquiry Children and young people's mental health - role of education inquiry
Witnesses Natasha Devon, Founder, Self-Esteem Team, Baroness Tyler of Enfield, Chair, Values-Based Child and Adolescent Mental, Dr Peter Hindley, Consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist in paediatric liaison, St Thomas' Hospital, London, Lord Layard, Director, Well-Being Programme, CentreEdward Timpson MP, Minister of State for Vulnerable Children and Families, Department for Education, Karen Turner, Director of Mental Health, NHS England, Nicola Blackwood MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health
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Inquiry Children and young people's mental health - role of education inquiry
Witnesses Emily Frith, Director of Mental Health, Education Policy Institute, Professor Dame Sue Bailey, Chair, Children’s and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition, Sarah Brennan, Chief Executive, Young Minds, Kate Fallon, General Secretary, Association of Educational PsychologistsDr John Ivens, Headteacher, Bethlem and Maudsley Hospital School, Siobhan Collingwood, Headteacher, Morecambe Bay Community Primary School, Dr Zoe Brownlie, Clinical Psychologist, Sheffield CAMHS service, Sheffield Children’s NHS Foundation Trust
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YoungMinds (CMH0242)
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Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust (CMH0158)
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City of York Council (CMH0161)
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