ing, guidance and support. 11. Local authorities, CCGs and NHS England need to reflect the high level of mental health needs amongst looked-after children in their strategic planning of child 7 Under the Children Act 1989 ‘relevant partners’, which are required to cooperate with local authorities in making arrangements to improve children’s well-being in their area, are: district councils, where there are two-tiers of local government, clinical commissioning groups, NHS England, Young Offenders Institutions, police and probation services, schools, further education colleges and sixth form colleges. 8 Section 14Z1(2) of the National Health Service Act 2006 inserted by section 26 of the Health and Social Care Act 2012. 11 and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS). They should also plan for effective transition and consider the needs of care leavers. Planning health services for looked-after children 12. The starting point for planning health services for looked-after children should be the statutory Joint Strategic Needs Assessment (JSNA) and the Joint Health and Wellbeing Strategy (JHWS). The statutory guidance on JSNAs and JHWSs states that health and wellbeing boards will need to consider the needs of vulnerable groups such as looked-after children and adopted children.9 The information gathered as part of that process should be used to identify gaps in provision to meet the physical and mental health needs of looked-after children and inform strategic commissioning priorities. 13. CCGs and the officers in the local authority responsible for looked-after children’s services should: • recognise and give due account to the greater physical, mental and emotional health needs of looked-after children in their planning and practice • give equal importance (parity of est