Five health and local government organisations have today outlined a shared determination to transform emotional health and wellbeing services to make a difference to the lives of children and young people in Hull and the East Riding of Yorkshire.
NHS Hull Clinical Commissioning Group (CCG), NHS East Riding of Yorkshire CCG, Humber NHS Foundation Trust, Hull City Council and East Riding of Yorkshire Council have welcomed the Government’s ‘Future in Mind’ report, which promotes early help and prevention across education, social care and health.
In response to Future in Mind, detailed local Transformation Plans have been developed. If the Plans are approved by NHS England around £1 million investment will be allocated towards local services.
Investment will include providing ‘universal’ support services in schools and communities to identify mental health problems earlier and improving access for the near 2,000 young people in Hull and East Riding who need the support of specialist services like Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) each year.
Emma Latimer, NHS Hull CCG Chief Officer said:
“Our vision is for all children and young people in Hull to be happy, healthy and safe, both now and in the future.
“We have seen a 100% increase in referrals over the last 14 months to CAMHS. This has shown how critical it is to have support in place much earlier in children’s lives to promote good emotional health and wellbeing.
“The transformation plan is a joint commitment across health and the local authority towards turning this situation around. We are thinking innovatively, putting strong partnerships in place and setting ourselves ambitious targets to deliver the changes needed.”
Jane Hawkard, East Riding of Yorkshire CCG Chief Officer said:
“East Riding of Yorkshire CCG has already invested in CAMHS early in this year in recognition of the need to improve services. Whilst we have made a good start we now want to focus more attention on bringing together health and social care teams and improving prevention within schools.
“We’re working really well with East Riding of Yorkshire Council and our ultimate aim is to prevent and treat early, well before crisis occurs.”
