Speeches by Craft.

“I want to pick up on something you said about the wider impact of prevalence on mental health. In your opinion, is the prevalence of diagnosis of ASD and ADHD having an impact on people’s mental wellbeing or mental health?”

“Why do you think that is the case?”

“Is there maybe a perception shift that needs to happen around the importance of mental health and wellbeing for young people, in order to shift the focus and the priority back on to it?”

“Do you think that the Government place sufficient priority on children and young people’s mental health?”

“Why do you think that is the case?”

“Is there maybe a perception shift that needs to happen around the importance of mental health and wellbeing for young people, in order to shift the focus and the priority back on to it?”

“On that issue, is there one thing that you wish you had been able to change during your role as UK mental health ambassador? Is there one thing that you look back on and wish you had been able to make some progress on?”

“We have heard a few people today say how key early intervention and prevention is to reversing some of this trend. What does a children’s mental health system that genuinely prioritises early intervention and prevention look like? How far from that are we?”

“Just to follow up briefly on the issue of social media, I think it is fairly obvious that these companies don’t act in people’s best interests. Just walking into work today, I saw that there are massive advertisements from YouTube talking about the controls that parents can put on it. Do you think that, overall, the be…”

“We have heard a few people today say how key early intervention and prevention is to reversing some of this trend. What does a children’s mental health system that genuinely prioritises early intervention and prevention look like? How far from that are we?”

“Thank you; I just want to briefly follow up on that. You have a dual perspective on the issues in young people’s mental health. What interventions have you seen that actually work in improving young people's mental health?”

“Do real, practical changes to thresholds and pathways need to be made to allow children to access support earlier, perhaps without requiring a formal diagnosis? The SEND inquiry has wrapped up, but one thing I hear a lot is that people cannot access support for ASD or ADHD without a formal diagnosis. Does something nee…”

“What kind of interventions or really practical things work? Are you looking at it more from the perspective of raising wellbeing and overall good mental health? Is it about intervening early for children who might have an underlying mental illness, or is it across the piece?”

“Thank you; I just want to briefly follow up on that. You have a dual perspective on the issues in young people’s mental health. What interventions have you seen that actually work in improving young people's mental health?”

“So you need the political will and some stability behind it to drive it?”

“We have heard a few people today say how key early intervention and prevention is to reversing some of this trend. What does a children’s mental health system that genuinely prioritises early intervention and prevention look like? How far from that are we?”

“Do you have the data that you need to enable a shift to looking at prevention and increasing wellbeing? If there are gaps, what would you need?”

“Do you think that the Government place sufficient priority on children and young people’s mental health?”

“Last week the Supreme Court overturned the previous Cheshire West judgment on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, throwing the sector that cares for people with learning disabilities and/or autism into what it has called “chaos”. There is significant concern that, without further clarification as to whether someone who does …”

“Last week the Supreme Court overturned the previous Cheshire West judgment on the Mental Capacity Act 2005, throwing the sector that cares for people with learning disabilities and/or autism into what it has called “chaos”. There is significant concern that, without further clarification as to whether someone who does …”