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 All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Kinship Care has published a new report on the experiences of children who have special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) who are raised by kinship carers...
Mental health challenges and lack of confidence are the “primary drivers” preventing young people from accessing work, education or training, according to a new report. Read the full story on this link to Children &...
More than 5,000 mental health patients have been sent at least 62 miles from home for treatment in the two years since ministers pledged to banish the “dangerous” practice. The disclosure prompted calls for the...
The Children & Young People’s Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC) has published a report on mental health and behaviour in schools in England. Following an online survey and evidence sessions the report found: punitive...
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...
The Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel has published the second of two reports from its national safeguarding practice review into safeguarding children with disabilities and complex needs in residential settings...
