Mr. Bernard Gloster:

They will be put in place by October but, equally, I have to be careful that the system does not consume itself by making this more complex than it needs to be. In every county, there is some version of a primary care team, a CDNT and a CAMHS team. The point is that each of those teams will have to supply professional input to processing what comes in at the point of referral. That might be one professional from each team. They can more than competently do that. There will be one standardised referral form. It will not be up to parents, schools or teachers to say what the need is. People should not be expected to be qualified to say that. They should simply need to say what the issue or challenge is, why the child is being referred. Then the three teams need to decide which is the best pathway or shared pathway to respond to that child. There might still be a waiting list, but at least if children are on the right list for the right pathway, they will have half a chance. That is really what the shared front door is about. I am insistent on making it simple, and I will meet a lot of people between now and October who will make it very complex.