AQW 1588/17-22

Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast

Tabled Date: 05/02/2020
Answered On Date: 14/02/2020
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health what steps he is taking in response to the Still Waiting report by the Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children and Young People, with particular regard to the development of pathways for young people to access mental health support and services.

Answer:

On 10th October 2019 my Department published a draft Inter-Departmental Action Plan in response to the agreed recommendations of the ‘Still Waiting’ report. The Action Plan contains a series of actions to improve Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) such as full implementation of the CAMHS Integrated Care Pathway ‘Working Together: A Pathway for Children and Young People through CAMHS’, which has been published since March 2018. A Progress Update Report on the draft Action Plan, outlining the key areas of progress since October, is available on my Department’s website.