This petition was submitted during the 2017-2019 parliament
Petition The Government Must Cut Waiting Times For Children’s Mental Health Services
We call on the government to tackle the mental health epidemic at the root, and fast - to do this it needs to cut waiting times for children (5-16 years old), shortening its timeline to introduce maximum waiting times by 2022-23. If not, our country will lose countless young lives in the meantime.
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On May 9 two committees of MPs published a report saying the government's plans will take too long to come into effect and will ‘fail a generation’. On average, a child waits a decade from the moment they suffer their first symptom of poor mental health to receiving treatment. At such a crucial stage in children's development, mental health issues should be treated as a matter of urgency. Diagnosing and treating issues early will help deal with problems before they develop into something worse.
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