London’s mental health trusts and Healthy London Partnership want to hear from young people and their families about their experiences and understanding of local mental health support. Taking care of the mental health of our children and young people has never been more vital. We know that our young people face greater challenges to their mental […]

Healthy London Partnership has launched a campaign to raise awareness among young people and their families of London’s free NHS mental health crisis lines. The campaign has been developed with feedback and input from young people and parents, and will be largely based on social media. Since 2020 we have seen an increase in young people […]

On 19 October, Healthy London Partnership’s children and young people mental health programme hosted a webinar on Advancing CYP Mental Health Equalities. The webinar was an opportunity to shine a light on some of the amazing initiatives and programmes which have been developed locally and nationally to advance mental health equalities for young people in […]

Healthy London Partnership in partnership with Beat, the UK’s eating disorder charity, has launched updated eating disorder guidelines for primary care and education professionals. The guidelines share advice about spotting the signs of eating disorders and when to refer children and young people to the community eating disorders service for specialist support. They have been endorsed […]

As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, many experts are warning of an increase in mental ill-health, including among CYP. In October 2020, new data revealed that one in six 5 to 16-year-olds in England have been identified as having a probable mental health disorder. This figure has increased from one in nine in 2017 […]

Healthy London Partnership and the Association of Young People’s Health (AYPH), the UK’s leading independent voice for youth health, have worked with colleagues across London to produce a set of resources for primary care networks as they seek to address the needs of children and young people in their local areas. Despite national and regional […]

National: Stockport, United Kingdom Geography type: Mixed urban/rural Population covered: Stockport has a population of approximately 286,800 people, this number is projected to increase over the next 5 years (Stockport JSNA, 2016). Professional group/type of organisation involved e.g. acute, CAMHS, voluntary sector, primary care Social multi-disciplinary team (MDT). Details of initiative The Stockport family model […]

National: Plymouth, United Kingdom Geography type: Mixed urban/rural Population covered: Plymouth has a population of approximately 264,200 people (ONS 2016) and has one of the most deprived wards in the country (St Peters). For the period 2017 to 2018, the estimated number of children and young people in Plymouth aged 5 to 17 with a […]

National: London Borough of Hackney, United Kingdom Geography type: Urban Population covered: Hackney has a population of approximately 279,554 (ONS, 2018) and is a relatively young borough with just under 25% of its population under 20 years (ONS, 2017). Hackney was the eleventh most deprived local authority overall in England in the 2015 Index of […]

International: Greater Rochester, New York, United States Geography type: Mixed urban/rural Population covered: Not provided. Professional group/type of organisation involved e.g. acute, CAMHS, voluntary sector, primary care Around 800 member physicians serving a mixed urban/rural population in upstate New York. The doctors mainly work in small, independent practices, like GP practices in England but, unlike […]