Include Youth - Policy - Item - Include Youth's Response to 'A legislative Framework for Mental Capacity and Mental Health Legislation in NI'

Include Youth's Response to 'A legislative Framework for Mental Capacity and Mental Health Legislation in NI'

30 March 2009

We welcome the fact that the Department has taken on the recommendation of the Bamford Review to bring in both pieces of legislation at the same time.

We welcome the intention to develop person-centred services which will draw heavily on the views of users and carers. However, we are concerned that there is not more detail on the development of child centred services.

We remain deeply concerned by the Executive’s response to the Bamford recommendations on age appropriateservices. The Review recommended that CAMHS should ordinarily cover children and young people up to their 18^thbirthday and that at all times children should be held in age appropriate settings. The Executive has stated that there should be flexibility when deciding whether young people should be admitted to an adolescent ward. It is our opinion that in all incidences children and young people under the age of 18 should be treated in age appropriate settings.

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