NHS England has announced the funding, which is to go to Clinical Commissioning Groups (CCGs) across the country with the aim of improving services, cutting waiting times for treatment, and tackling waiting list backlogs.
This year, £149 million has been given to the CCGs after the government’s well publicised commitment in the 2014 Autumn Statement to do more to support young people’s mental health.
The aim is that by 2020, an extra 70,000 child and young people “will be able to access evidence-based treatment”.
NHS England wants to meet 35 per cent of children and young people’s mental health needs in the community by 2020/21, an aim it set out in its five-year plan published in July.
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