Decision details
The Emotional and Mental Health of Children and Young People - Follow up on the 'Mind over Matter' report - evidence session 2
Decision Maker: Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd
Status: Complete
Is Key decision?: Yes
Purpose:
Inquiry5
The Children,
Young People and Education Committee undertook
follow-up work on its inquiry
into the Emotional and Mental Health of Children and Young People in Wales
Following the publication of
its original Mind
Over Matter report in 2018, the Committee committed to keeping a close eye
on the implementation of the report’s recommendations. Outlined below is the
work the Committee undertook in the lead up to the publication of the Mind
over Matter: Two years on follow-up report in October 2020.
Timeline since publication of Mind over Matter report
In April 2018 the Mind over Matter report (PDF 3.32MB) was published. The
Welsh Government’s response (PDF 1.262KB) was published in June 2018, to inform the Plenary debate that followed in July 2018.
Following
the Plenary debate a revised Welsh Government response was requested. This was
in light of the cross-party consensus in the Siambr that the Welsh Government’s
original response did not meet the ambition outlined in the Committee’s report
and recommendations.
In
response to the Plenary debate, in September 2018, the
Welsh Government established a Ministerial
Task and Finish Group chaired jointly by
the Minister for Health and Social Services and the Minister for Education. The
Welsh Government also agreed to provide an update
(PDF 202KB) on recommendations by March
2019.In February 2019 the Committee wrote
(PDF 76.1KB) to remind the Welsh Government of the request for a revised
response.
In
May 2019, the Welsh Government provided the requested update (PDF 824KB) on progress in relation
to the Committee’s recommendations. An update
(PDF 655KB)
from the Chair of the Together for Children and Young People Programme was also
provided.
In June 2019, the
Committee conducted public scrutiny sessions to inform its follow up work:
20
June 2019 – Minister for Health and Social Services and Minister for
Education.
26
June 2019 - Chair of the Together for Children and Young People
Programme.
In
July 2019 the Welsh Government wrote
to the Committee (PDF 397KB) on the actions agreed at the oral evidence
session.
In
August 2019, the Committee wrote
to the Welsh Government (PDF 163KB) outlining its conclusions and
recommendations from the follow up scrutiny sessions. In October 2019,
Welsh Government responded
to the Committee’s letter. (PDF 471KB)
In
December 2019 the Committee received a letter
(PDF 1 MB) from the Minister for Health and Social Services regarding the
future of the T4CYP Programme. In response the Committee wrote
(PDF 104KB) outlining its next steps.
In February 2020, the
Committee sought views from stakeholders to assess the extent to which the recommendations
from its original Mind over Matter report had been implemented. A stakeholder
workshop was held in which stakeholders RAG rated the implementation of the
recommendations The Committee also met with parents and carers (PDF 129KB) and
representatives of the Welsh Youth Parliament. (PDF 143KB).
Final
Output
In October 2020, the Committee published its Mind
over Matter: Two years on (PDF 707KB) report.
The Committee received a response (PDF 119KB) from the Together for Children and Young People (2)
Programme in November 2020 and a response (PDF 6MB) from the Welsh Government in December 2020.
The report was debated in Plenary on Wednesday 16 December 2020.
Decisions:
3.1
The Committee scrutinised the Minister for Health and Social Services.
3.2
The Minister for Health and Social Services agreed to provide the following:
- A summary of the NHS Delivery Unit
Capacity Review Report including all individual Health board reports and
the report that the interim improvement plans are based on.
- Management data on neurodevelopmental
services.
- An update on the broader work, including
the role of other agencies, for children and young people with extremely
complex needs who are being placed in hospitals in England.
- A note on the progress being made on the
emotional and mental health of Looked after children (Recommendation 23 of
Mind over Matter).
Publication date: 25/06/2019
Date of decision: 20/06/2019
Decided at meeting: 20/06/2019 - Children, Young People and Education Committee - Fifth Senedd
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