Legal News
More help in Herts for professionals working with children with mental health conditions (21 July 2014)
Date: 21/07/2014
A new website has been launched to help adult professionals in Hertfordshire spot the signs of mental health conditions in children and young people.
The website by MindEd offers educational resources and aims to prevent youngsters with mental health conditions from “slipping through the net” when it comes to being diagnosed and offered mental health services.
Research by MindEd found that 38% of adults questioned would not know how to spot the signs of a mental health condition among children and young adults.
Local publisher the Herts and Essex Observer reports that Hertfordshire County Council and other partners in the venture met at the launch on Wednesday (16/07/14) to discuss how the website would improve the lives of children and young adults with a mental health condition, including adopting a multi-agency approach to tackling mental health issues in young people.
The cabinet member for children’s services, Richard Roberts, said:
“We are committed to improving the health for young people by developing services and investing in mental health.
“Recently we jointly funded with Clinical Commissioning Groups a £1million investment in programmes for improving children and young people’s mental health.”
Teresa Heritage – cabinet member for public health – added:
“This resource is vitally important in ensuring we spot the signs of a mental health issue early on and lessen the chances of increased issues later in life.
“These are simple things that we can all do to improve our mental wellbeing and this resource will help professionals to do so.”
Duncan Lewis Mental Health Lawyers
Duncan Lewis is a leading firm of mental health lawyers and can advise on access to NHS mental health services for patients – and initiating treatment reviews, where appropriate.
Duncan Lewis mental health lawyers are also a leading firm of Legal Aid lawyers and in some cases can advise the Nearest Relative (NR) or carer of a mental health patient.
For expert advice on mental health law call the Duncan Lewis Mental Health Solicitors Helpline on 0203 114 1124.