Ms Hannah N? Ghiolla Mhairt?n:

The Deputy asked about other mental health services. Many of our members have found Jigsaw excellent. There is Bodywhys for eating disorders. They are definitely filling a gap that is not being filled by CAMHS. There are services out there. Jigsaw takes children from 13 years onwards, so for younger children there is a bit of a gap, but anyone we have heard from who has gone down that route has said those services are very good. Often though, a child cannot be in CAMHS at the same time, so it means parents are sometimes taking the decision to take their child off medication to go into these other services and if the issues are too serious those services often will not take them and will say it must be CAMHS that looks at them.