Plymouth praised for children's mental health services
07 October 2008
 Children's mental health services in Plymouth have been praised by a new report. According to the Plymouth Evening Herald, the city's Child and Adolescent Mental Health teams were cited as among the best in the nation by the Children's Commissioner for England, YoungMinds and Very Important Kids (VIK).In particular, NHS Plymouth was praised for being among the 15 per cent of NHS trusts in the UK which had placed all the children under its care on the right wards.The trust also garnered praise for providing "clear" and "comprehensive" responses to recommendations for care.Paul O'Sullivan, NHS Plymouth's director of services for children and families, told the newspaper: "I'm delighted to see that the standards of care we have sought to achieve for young people have been recognised in this report."He added that the service works hard to place children in the right environment and with staff who have the skills to work with children. In related news, the children's commissioner Al Aynsley-Green recently stated that many NHS trusts have a long way to go before they meet government targets to treat children appropriately by not placing them on adult wards.  © Adfero Ltd
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