Children Young People and Families programme

Policy

This page will highlight key policy documents relevant to CAMHS development. Click on the images or links below to download the reports.

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	Children and Young People in Mind: The Final Report of the National CAMHS Review, and Government's response.
	CAMHS Review: Interim Report. Click on the image to download the report.
	Child Health Promotion Programme. Click on the image to download the report.
	The Children's Plan This document sets out the Government's plans for the next ten years under each of the DCSF’s strategic objectives, with a chapter at the end looking at how we will make these reforms happen. It announces a review of CAMHS. Click here for further information about the review.
	Report on the Implementation of Standard 9 of the NSF This document reports on progress made towards implementing Standard 9 of the Children's National Service Framework (NSF). For each area of service provision, the report looks at current progress, summarises the NSF requirement, and highlights the issues providers and commissioners need to look at in developing their services. The annex contains examples of services which are already demonstrating good practice.
	Standard 9 of the NSF: The Mental Health and Psychological Well-being of Children and Young People Standard 9 outlines the Markers of Good Practice for CAMHS. The appendix includes definitions of CAMHS, the tiered model, and a comprehensive CAMHS.
	Promoting mental health for children held in secure settings: A framework for commissioning services This document is intended to help commissioners and their commissioning partners ensure that children held in custodial and other secure settings have fair access to a comprehensive CAMHS.
	Every Child Matters This document sets out 5 key outcomes that are essential for children and young people's well-being. Go the Every Child Matters website to search for other related reports.

Children, Families and Maternity Services E-bulletin

The Children's Health and Maternity Services E-Bulletin

Click on the image to download the latest issue of this Department of Health E-Bulletin.

Learning Perspctives from the NCSS

Learning Perpectives from the National Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service Improvement Programme: September 2003-December 2006, by Dawn Rees, National CAMHS Implementation Lead.