Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:01 pm on 9 May 2017.
I do not accept the figures that the Member has listed in the Chamber. First of all I must say that the funding for mental health has gone up to £629 million for the ensuing financial year, and that is safeguarded. Health boards have attained their targets as regards mental health services and have actually exceeded them in some areas in the past 12 months. And of course although more people are transferred into CAMHS, the health boards are confident that the situation will demonstrate that every CAMHS service in every part of Wales attained the 28-day target before they get a new appointment. And so very many improvements have taken place over the past year.