A Survey of Mental Health Services for Children & Young People in Hounslow - 2016

The purpose of this evaluative survey was to examine mental health service provisions available and being accessed by children and young people in Hounslow, with a view to finding out their appropriateness, effectiveness, and adequacy, and to review mental health pathways so as to identify service gaps and any areas requiring further improvement and progress.

We also wanted to look at service uptake by children and young people from some specially disadvantaged ethnic minorities and emerging communities, such as the Nepalese in Hounslow, so as to help to reduce health inequalities, remove barriers to health, cater for diversity and help to prevent the condition of people from deteriorating further due to isolation and neglect.