Lynne Neagle: ...to a public health approach to addressing the harms caused by gambling to protect people, in particular children and young people, and vulnerable people. My officials will continue to work with education officials and Public Health Wales to understand how to most effectively communicate the harm from gambling products to young people through a denormalisation approach. Following...
Lynne Neagle: We are taking a whole system approach to improve the emotional and mental health of young people. This includes our whole school approach work and the roll out of our CAMHS in-reach service. We are also implementing our NYTH / NEST planning framework which builds a whole system approach to mental health and wellbeing services for babies, children and young people.
Lynne Neagle: ...to doing everything I can to ensure that mothers and families get the perinatal mental health support in Wales they need and deserve. As Siân knows, I chaired the Children, Young People and Education Committee’s inquiry into perinatal mental health in the last Senedd. I am acutely aware of how vital perinatal mental health support is, not just for mothers, but for the babies who are in...
Lynne Neagle: ...signal there that things are going well in terms of the workforce plan that she's taking forward. We also have a separate workforce plan for mental health, which is being developed by Health Education and Improvement Wales and Social Care Wales. That was launched in November. I'm really pleased that, because of the extra £75 million funding made available by the Welsh Government this year...
Lynne Neagle: ...as part of this process. In terms of the call for a doubling of hepatology staff in Wales, health boards and NHS trusts are responsible for recruitment and workforce planning, supported by Health Education and Improvement Wales and other partner organisations. We need to develop an approach to the hepatology workforce that achieves the right match between demand and supply, and we are...
Lynne Neagle: ...’s mental health. We have invested significantly in mental health support from early intervention to specialist services. We have also introduced statutory guidance to embed mental well-being in schools and we are implementing the Nest/Nyth framework across Wales.
Lynne Neagle: ...we know are at increased risk of dying by suicide. And I was particularly pleased that the 'Together Through Tough Times' research in Wales focused on young people and highlighted the key role of schools and colleges. We in Welsh Government wholeheartedly agree. That's why we're taking forward our whole-school approach to mental health in Wales. In March 2021, we published statutory...
Lynne Neagle: ...and environmental considerations. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a profound impact. The direct health impacts of COVID and long COVID, the changes to the way that we work and the disruption to education have all contributed to increasing levels of anxiety for both ourselves and for our families. In particular, the pandemic shone a light on the public health impact of loneliness and social...
Lynne Neagle: ...implementation of its recommendations will be key. Again, had you been here yesterday, you would have also heard me describe the whole range of support we are providing at an early intervention and school level, which is designed to prevent problems escalating to specialist CAMHS.
Lynne Neagle: ...lives, and there is more appropriate help available to them. What we have to do is make sure that they can get that help, and we are investing I think it's £12 million extra this year in the whole-school approach for mental health. Our NEST framework is underpinned by additional funding, and we have, as you know, the co-operation agreement with Plaid Cymru to pilot the sanctuary provision...
Lynne Neagle: ...back out again because they don't meet that threshold. What we are doing in Government is a whole-system approach to supporting children and young people where they live their lives, so starting in schools with our whole-school approach, then through our NEST framework providing early help and enhanced support with the community, and then moving on to more specialist services, and of...
Lynne Neagle: ...24/7 cover by Christmas. However, we recognise the importance of early intervention and taking a whole-system approach to improving mental health and well-being. We have created a joint health and education programme and a joint ministerial approach, built around schools, to deliver a whole system approach to emotional mental health and well-being. Delivering on our programme for...
Lynne Neagle: ...Wales, and we're investing in community sports, in the healthy and active fund, and also, vitally, our plan includes, as I said in response to James Evans earlier on, a strong focus on the role of education and making sure that young people learn from an early age how to become more healthy. It is a really challenging agenda, but we are very committed to doing it. We have a new...
Lynne Neagle: ...you're aware, our 'Healthy Weight: Healthy Wales' plan is a cross-Government plan, with all Ministers making a contribution to what we're trying to do. Clearly, there's a really important role for education, and we are uniquely well placed in Wales with our new curriculum, with our area of learning focused on health and well-being, to really embed that understanding of health in schools so...
Lynne Neagle: .... Diabetes is largely a condition of self-management and something that people have to learn to live with. We must therefore do all we can to help support people through continued investment in educational programmes, as well as ensuring that the most up-to-date technology is made available to patients where there is clear evidence that this will help them to control and manage their...
Lynne Neagle: ...in their lives. But we know that we need to do more, which is why we're continuing to prioritise investment in perinatal mental health services, and this is also a priority for things like Health Education and Improvement Wales's workforce plan. But we have made really good progress in terms of establishing those teams, and we will continue to prioritise our focus on perinatal mental...
Lynne Neagle: ...prevention, early intervention and strengthening specialist services for those young people that need that level of support. This includes our joint ministerial whole-system approach which has our schools at the centre of improving the emotional well-being of young people. Our approach includes supporting good mental health through the curriculum, helping schools to identify and support...
Lynne Neagle: I'm not sure whether you recall the numerous reports the Children, Young People and Education Committee did in this area, but our landmark one, 'Mind over matter', recognised that, actually, waiting times had significantly improved and that the focus needed to go to early intervention. Maybe you ought to have a look at some of those reports.
Lynne Neagle: ...That's why this Welsh Labour Government will continue to invest in employment support services, including extending the out-of-work support service until 2025. We recognise the vital importance of education and prevention when it comes to reducing alcohol-related harms. We're working to promote the UK chief medical officers' low-risk drinking guidelines, which aim to support people to make...
Lynne Neagle: ...Government is on early intervention and making sure that children and young people have the support at an early opportunity, preferably in the environments where they live their lives, such as school. So, we've got a whole-school approach, which we're continuing to invest very substantial sums of money in, and which myself and the education Minister are driving forward. We're taking...
