Mental health services
Conservatives
Expand coverage of mental health support teams to all schools/colleges by 2030.
Create early support hubs for those aged 11–23 in every local community by 2030.
Increase the planned expansion of NHS talking therapies by 50%.
Boost capacity of individual placement and support for severe mental illness by 140,000 places.
Legislate to provide better treatment and support for people with severe mental health needs.
Ban the use of mobile phones during the school day.
Labour
Recruit 8,500 new mental health staff across children and adult services.
Establish a network of ‘Young Futures Hubs’ to provide open access mental health services for children and young people in every community.
Modernise mental health legislation to give patients greater choice, autonomy, enhanced rights and support.
Liberal democrats
Open walk in hubs for children and young people in every community.
Place a qualified mental health professional in every school.
Extend young people’s mental health services to the age of 25.
End out-of-area mental health placements by increasing capacity and improving coordination.
Make prescriptions free for people with chronic mental health conditions.
Create an independent ‘Mental Health Commissioner’ to represent patients, families and carers
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