Improving young people’s mental health services
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Cambridgeshire & Peterborough Clinical Commissioning Group commissioned Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Healthwatch Peterborough to talk to young people about emotional wellbeing. This will help inform the redesign of children and young people’s mental health services, based on the iThrive model.
This project took place during January, February and March 2016. Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Healthwatch Peterborough contacted four youth groups around Cambridgeshire: Active from Addenbrookes, Ely Sixth Form College social care class, and Carers Trust groups in Huntingdon and St. Ives. Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Healthwatch Peterborough ran focus groups sessions with the young people to help us understand their opinions and experiences of mental health. Healthwatch Cambridgeshire and Healthwatch Peterborough asked 35 young people to tell us about their experiences with mental health services, and how they regard the wording around the subject.
The key themes following the engagement included: Getting and having more information available; more mental health education; fighting stigma; sharing young peoples experiences.
The report itself includes 8 learning points which have been shared with commissioners.