The use of the ONS statistical data in this work does not imply the endorsement of the ONS in relation to the interpretation or analysis of the statistical data. [...] ▪ Overall, there does not appear to be a clear relationship between the number of young people in an area or the level of deprivation and the availability of different service types: we find a wider range of services in both rural and urban areas, as well as in more and less deprived areas. [...] 8 NHS England, ‘Mental health of children and young people surveys.’ 9 Nwokoroku et al., ‘A Systematic Review of the Role of Culture in the Mental Health Service Utilisation among Ethnic Minority Groups in the United Kingdom.’ 12 Background Government policy on children and young people’s mental health In response to the rising incidence of mental health issues in young people, successive governme. [...] We used the `ggmap` package in R to verify the addresses of the VCSE services in this dataset based on the service names.21 We were able to confirm the locations of two-thirds of the services. [...] We see better coverage of targeted services for LGBTQ+ young people in London and the South as well as southern areas of the North West, fewer services in the West Midlands, and few outside of urban centres in the North East (see ).
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Table of Contents
- About the Education Policy Institute 2
- About the Prudence Trust 2
- About Youth Access 2
- Acknowledgements 3
- About the authors 3
- Executive summary 5
- Introduction 10
- Background 13
- Government policy on children and young people’s mental health 13
- Additional weaknesses in mental health provision for young people 14
- Young people with mental health needs who are not accessing NHS treatment 15
- Methods 18
- Developing a definition of non-specialist mental health services 18
- Additional exploration of how services are planned and delivered 19
- Data sources 20
- Analysis and outputs 21
- Part 1: Non-specialist services available in local areas 23
- Different types of non-specialist services according to ICB and LA responses 27
- Targeted services for LGBTQ+ young people and young people from ethnic minority groups 28
- Response variation across ICBs, local authorities and NHS trusts 31
- Part 2: Local characteristics and non-specialist services 34
- Part 3: NHS waiting times, hospital admissions for mental health reasons, and non-specialist services 36
- Part 4: ICS approaches to service planning and delivery 43
- Conclusion 45
- Recommendations 46
- References 48
- Appendix A: Freedom of Information requests to ICBs, LAs and NHS trusts providing CYPMHS 50
- Appendix B: Sensitivity analysis of LA characteristics 52
- Appendix C: Sensitivity analysis of sub-ICB outcomes 55
