The Good Thinking website offers online mental health support and wellbeing resources for children and young people.

See the Healthy London website for a list of London CYP crisis telephone lines.

Mental health support for children, young people and their families

NCL ICB has created an information sheet which outlines the mental health and wellbeing support available to CYP and their families living in Barnet, Camden, Enfield, Haringey and Islington. It lists a number of local services and how to access them, such as the 24/7 mental health crisis support line, as well as links to online support services.

The information sheet is also available in a wide range of languages, including an Easy Read version. The sheets can be found in the Mental health support tab of the Information hub on the NCL ICS website.

Supporting your neurodivergent child 

NCL ICB has created a Supporting Your Neurodivergent Child booklet which has been created by parents. This can be found in the resources section and on the NCL Waiting Room. 

Disordered eating in children and young people

Healthy London Partnership released comprehensive guidance in September 2022 to support health and care professionals to better meet the needs of young people with disordered eating who do not have a diagnosable eating disorder, such as anorexia or avoidant restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID), but who might have other mental health difficulties and psychosocial challenges.

Area specific guidance for Brent

NWL mental health clinical guidelines

These clinical guidelines relate to Children and Young People’s Mental Health and have been collaboratively drafted by NW London Integrated Care System’s MHLDA Programme and clinical leads from Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust and West London NHS Trust. 

Our aim is to support primary care clinicians’ awareness and confidence in relation to:
•    The best approaches to take when discussing and assessing a young person’s mental health.
•    The circumstances in which a referral to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services (such as community mental health support) is likely to be the best outcome for the patient.
•    The broader support that is available to young people in addition to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services. For example, this includes Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), Kooth, Best for You NHS, and The Mix.  

There are five sections:
1)    Principles of Practice for CYP Mental Health in Primary Care
2)    HEEADSSS Assessment
3)    Decision-Making Tools
4)    Signposting & Waiting Well
5)    NICE Guidelines for Common Presentations

Area specific guidance for Ealing

NWL mental health clinical guidelines

These clinical guidelines relate to Children and Young People’s Mental Health and have been collaboratively drafted by NW London Integrated Care System’s MHLDA Programme and clinical leads from Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust and West London NHS Trust. 

Our aim is to support primary care clinicians’ awareness and confidence in relation to:
•    The best approaches to take when discussing and assessing a young person’s mental health.
•    The circumstances in which a referral to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services (such as community mental health support) is likely to be the best outcome for the patient.
•    The broader support that is available to young people in addition to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services. For example, this includes Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), Kooth, Best for You NHS, and The Mix.  

There are five sections:
1)    Principles of Practice for CYP Mental Health in Primary Care
2)    HEEADSSS Assessment
3)    Decision-Making Tools
4)    Signposting & Waiting Well
5)    NICE Guidelines for Common Presentations

Area specific guidance for Hammersmith & Fulham

NWL mental health clinical guidelines

These clinical guidelines relate to Children and Young People’s Mental Health and have been collaboratively drafted by NW London Integrated Care System’s MHLDA Programme and clinical leads from Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust and West London NHS Trust. 

Our aim is to support primary care clinicians’ awareness and confidence in relation to:
•    The best approaches to take when discussing and assessing a young person’s mental health.
•    The circumstances in which a referral to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services (such as community mental health support) is likely to be the best outcome for the patient.
•    The broader support that is available to young people in addition to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services. For example, this includes Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), Kooth, Best for You NHS, and The Mix.  

There are five sections:
1)    Principles of Practice for CYP Mental Health in Primary Care
2)    HEEADSSS Assessment
3)    Decision-Making Tools
4)    Signposting & Waiting Well
5)    NICE Guidelines for Common Presentations

Area specific guidance for Harrow

NWL mental health clinical guidelines

These clinical guidelines relate to Children and Young People’s Mental Health and have been collaboratively drafted by NW London Integrated Care System’s MHLDA Programme and clinical leads from Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust and West London NHS Trust. 

Our aim is to support primary care clinicians’ awareness and confidence in relation to:
•    The best approaches to take when discussing and assessing a young person’s mental health.
•    The circumstances in which a referral to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services (such as community mental health support) is likely to be the best outcome for the patient.
•    The broader support that is available to young people in addition to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services. For example, this includes Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), Kooth, Best for You NHS, and The Mix.  

There are five sections:
1)    Principles of Practice for CYP Mental Health in Primary Care
2)    HEEADSSS Assessment
3)    Decision-Making Tools
4)    Signposting & Waiting Well
5)    NICE Guidelines for Common Presentations

Area specific guidance for Hillingdon

NWL mental health clinical guidelines

These clinical guidelines relate to Children and Young People’s Mental Health and have been collaboratively drafted by NW London Integrated Care System’s MHLDA Programme and clinical leads from Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust and West London NHS Trust. 

Our aim is to support primary care clinicians’ awareness and confidence in relation to:
•    The best approaches to take when discussing and assessing a young person’s mental health.
•    The circumstances in which a referral to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services (such as community mental health support) is likely to be the best outcome for the patient.
•    The broader support that is available to young people in addition to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services. For example, this includes Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), Kooth, Best for You NHS, and The Mix.  

There are five sections:
1)    Principles of Practice for CYP Mental Health in Primary Care
2)    HEEADSSS Assessment
3)    Decision-Making Tools
4)    Signposting & Waiting Well
5)    NICE Guidelines for Common Presentations

Area specific guidance for Hounslow

NWL mental health clinical guidelines

These clinical guidelines relate to Children and Young People’s Mental Health and have been collaboratively drafted by NW London Integrated Care System’s MHLDA Programme and clinical leads from Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust and West London NHS Trust. 

Our aim is to support primary care clinicians’ awareness and confidence in relation to:
•    The best approaches to take when discussing and assessing a young person’s mental health.
•    The circumstances in which a referral to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services (such as community mental health support) is likely to be the best outcome for the patient.
•    The broader support that is available to young people in addition to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services. For example, this includes Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), Kooth, Best for You NHS, and The Mix.  

There are five sections:
1)    Principles of Practice for CYP Mental Health in Primary Care
2)    HEEADSSS Assessment
3)    Decision-Making Tools
4)    Signposting & Waiting Well
5)    NICE Guidelines for Common Presentations

Area specific guidance for Kensington & Chelsea

NWL mental health clinical guidelines

These clinical guidelines relate to Children and Young People’s Mental Health and have been collaboratively drafted by NW London Integrated Care System’s MHLDA Programme and clinical leads from Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust and West London NHS Trust. 

Our aim is to support primary care clinicians’ awareness and confidence in relation to:
•    The best approaches to take when discussing and assessing a young person’s mental health.
•    The circumstances in which a referral to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services (such as community mental health support) is likely to be the best outcome for the patient.
•    The broader support that is available to young people in addition to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services. For example, this includes Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), Kooth, Best for You NHS, and The Mix.  

There are five sections:
1)    Principles of Practice for CYP Mental Health in Primary Care
2)    HEEADSSS Assessment
3)    Decision-Making Tools
4)    Signposting & Waiting Well
5)    NICE Guidelines for Common Presentations

Area specific guidance for Westminster

NWL mental health clinical guidelines

These clinical guidelines relate to Children and Young People’s Mental Health and have been collaboratively drafted by NW London Integrated Care System’s MHLDA Programme and clinical leads from Central North West London NHS Foundation Trust and West London NHS Trust. 

Our aim is to support primary care clinicians’ awareness and confidence in relation to:
•    The best approaches to take when discussing and assessing a young person’s mental health.
•    The circumstances in which a referral to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services (such as community mental health support) is likely to be the best outcome for the patient.
•    The broader support that is available to young people in addition to NHS-funded or local authority-funded secondary care services. For example, this includes Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs), Kooth, Best for You NHS, and The Mix.  

There are five sections:
1)    Principles of Practice for CYP Mental Health in Primary Care
2)    HEEADSSS Assessment
3)    Decision-Making Tools
4)    Signposting & Waiting Well
5)    NICE Guidelines for Common Presentations