Motion or amendment: Mental Health Strategy
Motion or amendment by Mr Colin McGrath on .
- MLA
- Mr Colin McGrath
- Party at the time
- Social Democratic and Labour Party
- Date
- 1 July 2022
- Type
- Motion or amendment
- Business
- Motion · Private Members' Motion
- Heading
- Mental Health Strategy
- Assembly identifier
- Document 377837
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Mental Health Strategy
That this Assembly recognises the mental health crisis faced by people in Northern Ireland; notes with grave concern that Northern Ireland has a 25 percent higher rate of mental ill-health than England; further notes the particular challenges faced by young people in schools; further recognises the need for greater investment and support for mental health services; welcomes the contribution made by the Mental Health Champion; supports the adoption of specific measures to support pupils in schools including the expansion of primary school counselling beyond the pilot programme, the provision of mental health first aid training for school staff, the development of a special educational needs mental health plan and the commitment to integrating well-being into school life with a holistic approach; calls on the Executive to fund fully the ten-year cross-departmental Mental Health Strategy; and further calls for the Executive to appoint a junior Minister with responsibility for Mental Health services.
154 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
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