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Recommendation 10
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Deferred
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We welcome and support the proposals in the recent access and waiting times consultation that...
Recommendation
We welcome and support the proposals in the recent access and waiting times consultation that concluded on 1st September, including crisis response times and a four-week waiting time limit for children and young people, and call on NHS England to publish a detailed roadmap as to how it will be delivered including the additional funding requirements.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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51. We accept this recommendation in part. 52. NHSEI has been piloting a 4-week waiting time standard, as committed in the green paper on ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’, to inform the department’s assessment of the merits of introducing a waiting time standard. 53. NHSEI then consulted on the definition and introduction of 5 waiting time standards. The consultation closed on 1 September 2021 and found that more than 80% of respondents agreed or strongly agreed with the proposal to introduce additional mental health access and waiting time measures, including for children and young people presenting to community-based mental health services. 54. The government will work with NHSEI on the next steps for the proposed mental health access and waiting measures.
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