Petition · past parliament · Department of Health and Social Care
Increase funding for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
Closed
3,622 signatures
What the petition asks
Provide more funding to CAMHS (child and adolescent mental health services). Additional funding should be used for better training and more staff, as well as more sites to make it more accessible.
More funding will help there be more training and therefore more CAMHS workers which will shorten the waiting lists which are currently very high. This is crucial due to the high rates of suicide attempts by teenagers and children. Better training should improve the quality of treatment/help so they will not need to stay in CAMHS as long, which will further help with waiting lists.
Timeline
| 15 Mar 2021 | Petition opened for signatures |
| 15 Sep 2021 | Closed to new signatures |
Key facts
Signatures
3,622
Status
Closed
Department
Department of Health and Social Care
Opened
15 Mar 2021
Closed
15 Sep 2021
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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.