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Petition Paediatric mental health training within the NHS medical staff

The issue is that the paediatric medical staff (NHS) doesn't know how to deal with mental health at all when a child is admitted to the ward for observation, with mental health training the staff would be able to provide a better duty of care. (See additional details for a personal story)

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The reason for this petition is that my child has multiple mental illnesses and has been hospitalised as a result of this 5 times in 2017, when at the emergency department a lot of the staff was unsure what to do, they just sent the child up to the paediatric ward to be in overnight until CAMHS would arrive. However in all instances the staff was unsure what to do.

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Share your views on Government plans for young people and mental health

The Government has published a document called a 'green paper' that says what it wants to do about young people and mental health issues.

The Government wants to hear what you think about its ideas. You can find out more and share your views here: https://engage.dh.gov.uk/youngmentalhealth/

Other work in Parliament

On 12 December, MPs debated young people and mental health, including the Government's green paper.

You can read the debate here:
https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2017-12-12/debates/D6E0A1DC-C296-4936-B4FC-00C36EF89A5E/MentalHealthProvisionChildrenAndYoungPeople

You can watch/ listen to the debate here: http://parliamentlive.tv/event/index/e51844af-e2a6-402f-94a9-4721695e8fdb?in=22:17:56