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Sefton Council establishes working group looking into CAHMS (21 November 2016)
Date: 21/11/2016
Sefton Council on Merseyside has set up a Working Group looking into Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAHMS) in the area – and is calling on service users to share their views.
Sefton Council’s Overview and Scrutiny Committee (Children’s Services and Safeguarding) has established the group and wish to speak with parents or guardians who are or who have accessed the service.
Councillors on the committee and members of Healthwatch will form part of the working group.
The council says that parents or guardians with experience of using the area’s mental health services can share their views and experiences as part of a group of parents and guardians, or individually.
Parents and guardians can also submit their views and opinions by way of a written submission.
Any information provided to the council will be anonymous.
Parents and guardians interested in sharing their views and experiences of the service are invited to contact Senior Democratic Services Officer, Ruth Harrison (0151 934 2042 or ruth.harrison@sefton.gov.uk).
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