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Discharge from Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) and a potential
move to Adult Mental Health Services (AMHS) takes place at varying ages, but most
commonly when young people are aged between 16 and 18. The point of transition is a
time of potential upheaval for young people. They may find it difficult to navigate new
service settings or to manage their mental health and wellbeing following discharge from
CAMHS, especially as the availability and offer of support can change dramatically.
During May and June 2018, local Healthwatch teams from the Lancashire and South
Cumbria local Healthwatch Collaborative supported the facilitation of several co-
production workshops at a variety of locations with young people in a collaborative
approach to improve how CAMHS services are delivered. The Transition workshop
highlighted several areas of practice that need to be “fixed” and ways in which the
transition period could be managed to be more person-centred. These findings were fed
into the wider CAMHS transformation plan and work in this area is ongoing.
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