The government has committed an additional £79 million in funding to support the expansion of the mental health services available to children and young people.
Research has shown young people to be particularly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic in terms of their mental health, with the NHS stating as many a one in six now have a mental health issue, up from one in nine four years ago.
As a result of the funding there will an additional 341 mental health support teams in schools and colleges by 2023, the equivalent in offering support to an extra three million students.
These teams have operated throughout pandemic virtually, although there were just 59 in existence prior to this new investment.
Meanwhile, access to community mental health services will be expanded to offer 22,500 more children and young people access to help and support by 2021 to 2022, accelerating the commitment made through the NHS Long Term Plan.
The plans hopes to provide an additional 345,000 more children and young people access mental health services by 2024.
"The pandemic has turned our lives upside down and hit children and young people particularly hard," said NHS mental health director Claire Murdoch.
"NHS mental health services have worked around the clock, proactively reaching out to and caring for children and young people despite challenging circumstances – and we stand steadfast in our commitment to continue to improve mental health care for each and every one of them.
"This funding announced as part of the Spending Review last November will now support NHS England’s work to increase the number of mental health support teams in schools and colleges to 400 by 2023, and growing community services to treat more children and young people than ever before."
Expert in Mind is a provider a high-quality mental services for professionals within the medical and legal sector, enabling their patients or clients to speak with expert psychiatrists and psychologists to undertake mental health assessments quickly and easily.
With specialists able to offer assessments for adults, children, adolescents and families, they are able to help with disciplines including substance misuse, post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and mood disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), autistic spectrum disorders (ASD), schizophrenia and attachment disorders among a wide array of others.
Run by company director Zofia Ludwig, the organisation is built on values of efficiency, reliability and knowledge, and has developed a reputation that has allowed it to grow through word of mouth.
One legal professional said: "Finding an appropriate expert can be time-consuming while dealing direct with that expert can sometimes be difficult.
"I have always found Expert in Mind to be prompt, efficient, pleasant and helpful. It has made finding and dealing with experts so much easier."
