Policy/Reports

Here is a list of reports all of which cover the issue of mental health services for children and young people in Wales in great detail.

Everybody's Business (2001) – Welsh Assembly Government Strategy Document on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services: wales.gov.uk

This National Service Framework (NSF), which was published in 2005, sets out the quality of services that children, young people and their families have a right to expect and receive: www.wales.nhs.uk

National Assembly for Wales' Inquiry into Community Mental Health Services (September 2009). This report looks at a range of services and offers a very useful insight into the state of young people's services in Wales: www.assemblywales.org

Mental health provision for 16 and 17 year olds in Wales - Summary of key issues and research findings highlighting the unmet need and gaps in provision for 16 and 17 year old young people in Wales with mental health problems'. This is a very useful report from Barnardo's: www.barnardos.org.uk

Services for children and young people with emotional and mental health needs (November 2009): This report has been prepared jointly by the Wales Audit Office and the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales (HIW), supported by Estyn and the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW): www.wao.gov.uk

Breaking the Barriers: Meeting the Challenges: Better Support for Children and Young People with Emotional Well-being and Mental Health Needs -An Action Plan for Wales (May 2010). This report followed the critical report entitled ''Services for children and young people with emotional and mental health needs' (see above): wales.gov.uk

Thinking Positively: Emotional Health and Well-being in Schools and Early Years settings. This good practice document aims to support all schools and Early Years settings in promoting emotional health and well-being: wales.gov.uk

Youth Justice: The experience of Welsh children in the Secure Estate (February 2010) - www.assemblywales.org

Getting it Right is a 5-year rolling Action Plan for Wales setting out the key priorities and actions in response to the Concluding Observations of the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child 2008. wales.gov.uk

Growing up and Serious Mental Illness (May 2010). In Spring 2010 Hafal hosted a seminar which brought service users and key agencies concerned with child and adolescent mental health together in order to explore how collaboration can ensure that children and young people have timely, accessible and equitable access to services when they are most needed. A report of the seminar can be viewed directly here: www.hafal.org

In September 2010 Hafal issued a checklist of the Welsh Assembly Government's report on young people's mental health services Breaking the Barriers: Meeting the Challenges - Better Support for Children and Young People with Emotional Well-being and Mental Health Needs. Hafal extracted the recommendations, specific actions and timescales from the report and put them into a table. This is mainly for Hafal's use but it is hoped that others may also find this way of presenting the information the report contains useful. To view the checklist directly please visit: www.hafal.org