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£1m boost for borough's deaf youngsters (From Halesowen News)
Dudley’s mental health trust has been awarded a national contract worth over £1 million to help provide help and support to deaf children.
Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (DWMHPT) has been selected by the National Commissioning Group to be one of four centres in England to deliver a deaf service for children up to the age of 18 and their families.
The DWMHPT is set to receive £1.2 million worth of funding for the project and will join Trusts in York, London and Taunton to deliver the new deaf outreach service.
The borough Trust was chosen after undertaking a four year pilot study, during which a team of doctors, psychologists, therapists and family support workers helped identify, treat and support youngsters affected by deafness who also suffered from mental ill health.
Anne Marie Carey, the Trust’s younger persons service manager, said: “Research showed deaf children were not accessing mental health services despite the fact that 40 per cent of deaf children have some sort of mental health problem.
“It is excellent news for residents in Dudley and Walsall because it will mean that these specialist services will be based on their doorstep.”
It is thought deaf children are around 1.5 times more likely to develop mental illness than youngsters who are able to hear, because of the difficulties in communicating with family, friends and at school.
Dudley’s mental health trust has been awarded a national contract worth over £1 million to help provide help and support to deaf children.
Dudley and Walsall Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust (DWMHPT) has been selected by the National Commissioning Group to be one of four centres in England to deliver a deaf service for children up to the age of 18 and their families.
The DWMHPT is set to receive £1.2 million worth of funding for the project and will join Trusts in York, London and Taunton to deliver the new deaf outreach service.
The borough Trust was chosen after undertaking a four year pilot study, during which a team of doctors, psychologists, therapists and family support workers helped identify, treat and support youngsters affected by deafness who also suffered from mental ill health.
Anne Marie Carey, the Trust’s younger persons service manager, said: “Research showed deaf children were not accessing mental health services despite the fact that 40 per cent of deaf children have some sort of mental health problem.
“It is excellent news for residents in Dudley and Walsall because it will mean that these specialist services will be based on their doorstep.”
It is thought deaf children are around 1.5 times more likely to develop mental illness than youngsters who are able to hear, because of the difficulties in communicating with family, friends and at school.