Open consultation Consultation on the HSC Children and Young People’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing Framework

Summary

The Department of Health is consulting on the Health and Social Care Children and Young People’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing (EHWB) Framework. The Framework, when finalised, will support health and social care services and practitioners to collaborate with other services, agencies and key stakeholders in order to rationalise, coordinate and integrate high-quality, evidence-based support, intervention and diagnostic care pathways that best meet the needs of children, young people and their families. We would welcome your views on the draft Framework during this consultation period. Responses

Documents

• Consultation Document Adobe PDF (512 KB)
• Consultation Document – Easy Read Version Adobe PDF (3 MB)
• Consultation Response Document Microsoft Word (119 KB)
• Equality and Human Rights Impact Assessment Screening Adobe PDF (362 KB)
• Rural Needs Assessment Adobe PDF (237 KB)
• Child Right Impact Assessment Adobe PDF (214 KB)

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Consultation description

This draft Framework has been co-produced together with a wide range of stakeholders across the statutory, voluntary and community sectors, including young people, parents, practitioners, and policy makers who were engaged throughout the development of the Framework.

The Framework has been developed to align with, and complement, the vision and aims of the Department of Education’s Children and Young People’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing in Education Framework (2021).

Consultation events

The Department is planning a calendar of virtual and face-to-face consultation workshops to provide an opportunity for individuals to engage with the Children’s Emotional Health and Wellbeing Project Team. Further information on consultation events will be published on this page in due course.