NHS ombudsman warns of years-long waits and patients paying thousands to go private as demand for services soars
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The Centre for Young Lives has published its annual State of the Nation report, collating data and indicators to track trends in poverty, mental health, education, safeguarding, housing, special educational...
The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report on children and young people’s mental health services, examining referrals, access to treatment, waiting times, and service investment in England...
Dozens of former patients are launching legal action against a group of scandal-hit children’s mental health hospitals after The Independent exposed a culture of “systemic abuse”. More than 30 people, some of who are...
The UK’s top medical bodies have called for an urgent meeting with ministers after suggesting that tens of thousands of children could be locked up indefinitely if the illegal migration bill, which has been going...
Punitive approaches to behaviour management in schools, including exclusions, suspensions and parental fines for non-attendance, are damaging to children’s mental health, a year-long inquiry has concluded Read the full...
The DHSC has published an independent report into a government-backed scheme to improve outcomes for children of alcohol-dependent parents in England. The scheme ended in March 2022 and provided funding to support 13...
The Maternal Mental Health Alliance has published a report looking at specialist perinatal mental health community services across the UK. The report includes data from a Freedom of Information request sent to Mental...
The UK Committee for UNICEF (UNICEF UK) and the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Research on Play in Education, Development & Learning (PEDAL), have launched a new resource to support local areas in a shared...
More than 1,300 people in the UK died while homeless last year, according to figures that highlight the stark regional differences within the UK, as cuts to health, mental health and drug and alcohol services took their...
Teachers are concerned over a lack of access to child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in schools, with 92 per cent saying their school either has not enough or no access to provision. Read the full article...
Exclusive: doctors surveyed say young people forced to endure long waits as NHS services overwhelmed
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What Works for Children’s Social Care has published findings from research conducted by King’s College London into the characteristics of mothers who accessed postpartum psychiatric care and had involvement with...
