The government has committed to “parity of esteem” between mental and physical health, but a damning report from MPs concludes that what this means in practice is “still unclear”.
An investigation by MPs on the House of Commons’ Committee of Public Accounts has found that work to train up sufficient numbers of mental health staff has progress “more slowly than planned”.
The report says that the government has “no comprehensive, long-term plan” for the implementation of its Future in Mind programme, which set out a cross-sector vision for how to support children and young people’s mental health.
Recent NHS statistics show that one in eight (12.8 per cent) five to 19-year-olds have a mental health disorder and there has been an increase in the number of five to 15-year-olds who suffer from an emotional disorder.
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