Agenda item

Children and Young People's Health Partnership (CYPHP) Looked After Children Workstream

Minutes:

Anto Ingrassia (Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist) and Sue Malkin (Transformation Manager) from the Children and Young People’s Health Partnership (CYPHP) made a presentation to the committee outlining:

 

·  What is CYPHP

·  Services that CYPHP provides

·  Work so far and training for personal advisors, outlining challenges faced

·  Vision for future work which include promoting health in its broadest definition, addressing health inequalities, and learning from the looked after child nurse.

 

Stacy John-Legere, Designated Doctor for looked after children explained that the health partnership is a Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust (GSTT) charity funded for a period of four years providing added value and focusing on specific areas.  A key factor being that the work needs to be sustained within existing resources.

 

Some issues and questions arising from the presentation:

 

·  Training and structured modules (with particular regard to mental health)

·  Personal adviser training and how links with care leavers

·  Mental health provision and focus on 9 – 14 year old age group and how care leavers included

·  Use of acronym LAC and request to use words “looked after child / child in care”

·  Education select enquiry and recommendation of mental health champion but no funding.

 

RESOLVED:

 

That the progress made by the Children and Young People’s Health Partnership (CYPHP) to support the priority to improve services for looked after children and care leavers be noted.

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