House of Commons - Children's and adolescents' mental health and CAMHS - Health Committee

Health Committee - Third Report
Children's and adolescents' mental health and CAMHS

Here you can browse the report together with the Proceedings of the Committee. The published report was ordered by the House of Commons to be printed 28 October 2014.

Contents

Terms of Reference

Early intervention

Outpatient specialist CAMHS services (Tier 3)

Tier 4 inpatient services

Bridging the gap between inpatient and community services

Education and digital culture

National priority and scrutiny

Children's and young people's mental health in 2014

Problems caused by lack of prevalence data

Information about CAMHS services

Improvements to data on CAMHS

Conclusions and recommendations

2 CAMHS as a whole system

Conclusions and recommendations

3 Early intervention mental health services (Tier 2)

Commissioning early intervention and voluntary sector services (Tier 2)

Conclusions and recommendations

4 Outpatient specialist CAMHS services (Tier 3)

The view from CAMHS services

The view from service users

Improving Tier 3 services

Commissioning specialist outpatient CAMHS services (Tier 3)

Challenges for commissioners

Monitoring the performance of CAMHS services

Improving CCG commissioning

Problems with specific aspects of Tier 3 CAMHS

Perinatal mental health services

Conclusions and recommendations

5 Inpatient CAMHS services (Tier 4)

Use of police cells

Reasons for problems with Tier 4 access

Commissioning inpatient CAMHS services (Tier 4)

Education for children in inpatient CAMHS

Conclusions and recommendations

6 Bridging the gap between inpatient and community services

Out of hours/crisis services

Paediatric liaison

Tier 3.5 assertive outreach/intensive community services

Commissioning incentives for Tier 3.5 services

Conclusions and recommendations

7 The role of education and GP services

Support for young people with mental health problems within schools

Guidance and training for teachers

Education for children and young people about mental health

Conclusions and recommendations

Digital culture, social media, bullying and cyberbullying

Addressing the challenges of digital culture

Conclusions and recommendations

General practice

Conclusions and recommendations

8 National priority and scrutiny

Conclusions and recommendations

Recommendations

Published written evidence

Unpublished evidence

List of Reports from the Committee during the current Parliament

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