Mental Health Support

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:38 pm on 12 February 2019.

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Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 1:38, 12 February 2019

We're always tempted to look far afield for the very best possible examples of how to improve our services in terms of child and adolescent mental health. But, of course, back in the autumn, the health Secretary, Vaughan Gething, and I were delighted to be in Jayne Bryant's constituency, attending the launch of £13.4 million of funding through the transformation fund at the Serennu Centre, for a more joined-up approach of child and adolescent mental health services. It's very place based, very community focused, drawing on all the resources, all the capabilities of that area, to support and nurture our young people. It's early days yet, but if that was to prove its success—and I have no doubt that it will, partly because of the work that's been done by the Children, Young People and Education Committee pushing this agenda—if it proves that it works, will the intention be then to roll that out not just across that region, not across south-east Wales, but actually to use that as the model that we roll out across Wales so that all of our children and young people have the very best mental health support?