{"id":283671,"date":"2026-02-14T10:15:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:15:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/283671\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T10:15:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T10:15:07","slug":"new-shropshire-childrens-mental-health-service-to-launch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/283671\/","title":{"rendered":"New Shropshire children&#8217;s mental health service to launch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">A MPFT spokesperson said they would also aim to reduce inequalities in access, outcomes and experience, especially for vulnerable groups &#8211; including children in care and those with special educational needs and disabilities.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">They added that the service would strengthen its autism and ADHD offer, while greater community-based support would be put in place for eating difficulties and disorders, as well as early help with them and medical monitoring of people.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Support in local schools will continue to expand through mental health support teams, with MPFT aiming to see that it reaches all schools in its area by 2030.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">If a child or young person was already receiving support from BeeU, their care would continue, the spokesperson added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;As the existing provider of these services in the county, we understand the needs of the local community have changed in recent years,&#8221; Cathy Riley, from MPFT, said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;This new service model seeks to address this, with a dedicated focus on prioritising easier access, earlier support and more joined-up care for those in need.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">&#8220;The transformation of these services will continue over the next three years, and we&#8217;re looking forward to involving the local community in shaping how they evolve.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A MPFT spokesperson said they would also aim to reduce inequalities in access, outcomes and experience, especially for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":283672,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[134,554,555,111,139,69],"class_list":{"0":"post-283671","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mental-health","8":"tag-health","9":"tag-mental-health","10":"tag-mentalhealth","11":"tag-new-zealand","12":"tag-newzealand","13":"tag-nz"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283671","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=283671"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/283671\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=283671"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=283671"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=283671"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}