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MENTAL HEALTH

Government fails on mental health funding pledge

The Government has failed to directly fund a pledge to give 60% of pupils access to a mental health support team (MHST) by March, it has emerged.

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The Government has failed to directly fund a pledge to give 60% of pupils access to a mental health support team (MHST) by March, it has emerged.

A spokesperson for NHS England said the funding for MHSTs was coming from ‘ICB baseline allocations rather than a specific pot of money'.

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