On 20 December we announced the first wave of 25 trailblazer sites that will test the plans set out in the Green Paper on children and young people’s mental health which have three key components: creating new mental health support teams working in and near schools and colleges to support children and young people with mild to moderate mental health conditions; piloting a four week waiting time for access to specialist NHS children’s mental health services; and training Designated Senior Leads in mental health in schools and colleges. Twelve of the 25 areas have been chosen to pilot a four-week waiting time. The 12 clinical commissioning group pilot areas are Bromley, Buckinghamshire, Camden, Doncaster and Rotherham, Gloucestershire, Haringey, Greater Manchester Health and Social Care Partnership, Northumberland, Oxfordshire, South Warwickshire, Stoke on Trent and Tower Hamlets.