Fiona speaks in debate on 'Mental Health Services: Children and Young People'

Fiona Speaks in Parliament

Today Fiona spoke in the debate on 'Mental Health Services: Children and Young People'.

Fiona asked:

"I commend the Government for promoting the Emotionally Healthy Schools project, which, in my constituency, is working well and engaging not just children who have challenges, but their families. Does the Minister agree that helping children with their mental health challenges needs to involve, wherever practical, their families, family relationships and inter-parental relationships, as recommended by the Early Intervention Foundation?"

Steve Brine MP (The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health) replied:

"As ever, my hon. Friend makes a point about families. I said that we are already rolling out mental health first aid training to every secondary school, which is of course important, and we are also committed to rolling out mental health awareness training to all primary schools by 2022, but to coin a phrase, it takes a village. This is about the state—of course, schools are part of that—but also the third sector, which has an important role to play. It is also absolutely about the love, support and Christian embrace of families."

 

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