Children and young people’s (CYP) mental health discovery brief

After prioritising work it has been agreed to work on the following;

What are the opportunities to support children and young people in preparation for their first or subsequent contact from a children and young person’s mental health service?

We will explore this opportunity by conducting a discovery phase. We have a multidisciplinary team which includes CYP mental health subject matter expertise and clinical expertise.

Below is a list of assumptions and justifications about who we currently believe our users are and why we think this work is important. We are conducting further research, this will evolve.

Who do we think this will affect?

Before beginning the discovery, with collaboration from our clinical expert, we broke down some of the key users we believe we’ll be speaking to and designing with:

Why is this important?

There were a number of factors that played into why we believe this is important, here is a selection of recent reports or articles that highlight that this area is worth investigating;

In one report a patient awaiting care said;

while I was waiting [for care] my anxiety increased as I felt I was being ignored and sidelined. While we are waiting report

You can also hear about a selection of young people’s experiences in these two videos:

Measures of success

We want to make things better. At the beginning of the discovery we think we could improve;

As this is a brand new collaboration between NHSX and NHS England we acknowledge that success should also be seen in the light of:

What will the team be doing?

We intend to;

We endeavour to know enough, to make recommendations that we have confidence in.