Training for mental health leads in English schools 'not yet started'

Training for mental health leads in English schools 'not yet started' Training for mental health leaders in schools, a key part of the government’s plan to improve children’s wellbeing, was halted in January 2020 and delayed further as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, it has emerged.

The revelation came during a parliamentary health and social care committee meeting, at which the NHS England director of mental health was forced to deny that they had run out of beds for children and young people needing urgent support owing to a Covid-related surge in demand. The Guardian