Varndean College Principal, Donna-Marie Janson, along with members of the College Student Union, and Varndean School Headteacher, Shelley Baker, attended a very positive Citizens UK meeting last Friday with Labour MP for Brighton Kemptown and Peacehaven, Chris Ward.
Chris Ward, who is also the Prime Minister’s parliamentary private secretary, was questioned whether civil servants from the Department of Education and the Department for Health and Social Care could come and visit to see how our mental health work is being implemented across the city and whether this could then be fed into what the Government is planning to undertake on a national level. Chris agreed.
Chris also agreed to work in collaboration with us to ensure that local senior NHS leaders engage with our mental health work, to ensure a better strategy is created to reduce the pressures currently placed on CAMHS (Child & Adolescent Mental Health Service).
He also agreed to work with us to start looking into the possibility of redeveloping a large site for affordable housing on the Brighton General Hospital site.
Great work from the key leaders involved in our housing and mental health teams and such a positive way to finish a busy 2024!
