Wiltshire's youth mental service expansion planned

The new plans would see specialist mental health workers based in schools in Wiltshire

Youth mental health services in Wiltshire and the county's eating disorder service are to expand under new plans by unveiled by health bosses.

In August, Wiltshire Clinical Commissioning Group [CCG] was told it will receive an extra £854,000 a year for the next five years.

It is now waiting for NHS England to approve the plans.

Julia Cramp, from the CCG, said the proposals were about "getting better earlier intervention".

She added: "Nobody wants young people to wait a long time to get help and for the difficulties to become more entrenched."

The Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service [CAMHS] will be re-organised, replacing the existing tiered system with a single point of access and creating a pilot scheme to take staff into schools.

The county's eating disorder service will also see more group therapy sessions and home visits for young children.

The extra funding is part of a national drive after the government's Future in Mind report found too many young people were not getting the help they needed.