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The government has published proposals on ways for schools & colleges to improve mental health support for children & young people in England, with over £300m in funding.

The government is asking people for their views on the planned measures, which are set out in a Green Paper.  The measures include:

• encouraging every school & college to have a ‘designated senior mental health lead’
• setting up mental health support teams working with schools, to give children & young people earlier access to services
• piloting a 4-week waiting time for NHS children & young people’s mental health services

Other proposals in the Green Paper include:

• a new working group to look at mental health support for 16 to 25-year-olds
• a report by the CMO on the impact that technology has on children & young people’s mental health, to be produced in 2018