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We expect a full and comprehensive update from the Department on what measures it will implement, how this work will be funded and a timeframe for key outcomes relating to increased early intervention and prevention. We expect this information by the end of January 2022. (Paragraph 36) Increasing access to mental health services

We expect a full and comprehensive update from the Department on what measures it will implement, how this work will be funded and a timeframe for key outcomes relating to increased early intervention and prevention. We expect this information by the end of January 2022. (Paragraph 36) Increasing access to mental health services Type: conclusion | Number: 6 | Response status: partially_accepted Government response: 51. We accept this recommendation in part. 52. NHSEI has been piloting a 4-week waiting time standard, as committed in the green paper on ‘Transforming children and young people’s mental health provision’, to inform the department’s assessment of the merits of introducing a waiting time standard. 53