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Children's and adolescent mental health and CAMHS

Inquiry by the Health and Social Care Committee, 13 February 2014 to 15 July 2014. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 4 March 2014: Professor Dame Sally C. Davies, Chief Medical Officer, Department of Health, Dr Claire Lemer, Consultant in General Paediatrics, Evelina London Children’s Hospital (at 16:00).
  • 1 April 2014: Barbara Rayment, Chair, Children and Young People's Mental Health Coalition, Professor Peter Fonagy, National Clinical Lead, Childen and Young People's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies Programme, Dr Peter Hindley, Chair of the Faculty of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Dr Jane Roberts, RCGP National Clinical Champion for Youth Mental Health, and Sarah Brennan, Chief Executive, Young Minds.
  • 10 June 2014: Dr Liz Myers, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist/Clinical Director of Children's Services, CAMHS, Cornwall Partnership Foundation Trust; Dr Vinod Diwakar, Chief Medical Officer, Birmingham Children’s Hospital NHS FT; Dr Madhava Rao, Associate Clinical Director for CAMHS, Black Country Partnership NHS Foundation Trust ; Dr Jenny Taylor, British Psychological Society, Dr Amanda Jones, Professional Lead & Consultant Perinatal Psychotherapist, Perinatal Parent Infant Mental Health Service, North East London NHS Foundation Trust, Dr Sebastian Kraemer, Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Whittington Hospital
  • 24 June 2014: Barbara Herts, Director for Integrated Commissioning and Vulnerable People, Essex County Council, Steve Buckerfield, Acting Head of Children’s Joint Commissioning, North West London Commissioning Support Unit, and Michael Upsall, Children’s Commissioning Manager for Derbyshire County Council, Jane Lunt, Head of Quality/Chief Nurse, Liverpool CCG, on behalf of Liverpool CAMHS Partnership, Catherine Roche, Chief Executive, Place2Be, and Anthony Smythe, Director, The BB Group/BeatBullying
  • 15 July 2014: Norman Lamb MP, Minister of State for Care and Support, Department of Health, Jon Rouse, Director General of Social Care, Local Government and Care Partnerships, Department of Health, Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, Medical Director, NHS England, and Kath Murphy, Assistant Head of Specialised Services, NHS England