Source · Select Committees · Health and Social Care Committee
Recommendation 17
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Furthermore, in light of the rise in both prevalence and severity of children and young...
Recommendation
Furthermore, in light of the rise in both prevalence and severity of children and young people’s mental health difficulties, the training of Education Mental Health Practitioners should be reviewed to integrate their skills into a new psychological professions structure. This must include training experienced practitioners in more sophisticated psychological therapy so that they can work with more complex cases such as eating disorders and self-harm.
Government response summary AI-generated
The government's response states it accepts the recommendation in part, but then discusses reforms to the Mental Health Act regarding detention periods for patients, specific rights for under-18s, and further work on the Trieste model of care. This response does not address the original recommendation concerning the training and integration of Education Mental Health Practitioners.
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Government Response
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HM Government · verbatim extract
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84. The government is considering this recommendation. 85. MHSTs are specifically designed to provide a tailored offer of direct interventions to individuals and groups of children and young people with mild or moderate mental health needs like anxiety. This approach was informed by an evidence-based review commissioned by the department and led by the Royal College of Psychiatrists and University College London. 86. Any changes to the training and remit of MHSTs must be based on evidence – including the independent evaluation of MHSTs , commissioning for which is currently under way. Any change would need to consider whether the MHST model is the most appropriate approach, as complex need is likely to require specialist support, such as that in children and young people’s eating disorder services. 87. Alongside the roll-out of MHSTs , significant investment is also being made available to transform wider children and young people’s mental health services, including eating disorder services, that are geared to meet more complex need. A key function of MHSTs is to support children and young people to access more specialist support where this is needed. 88. The British Psychological Society (BPS) and the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) have been approved by NHSEI to provide individual registration schemes for children’s wellbeing practitioners (CWPs), EMHPs and psychological wellbeing practitioners. Course accreditation is being finalised for courses beginning from January 2022, and retrospectively assured for courses delivered prior to January 2022, so that all existing EMHPs and CWPs can be registered.
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