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...
What impact does poverty have on childrens’ mental health? A Buttle UK survey of over 1,200 child support workers reveals the alarmingly common occurance of experiences that put children at increased risk. Read...
A survey of National Education Union (NEU) members, using an Ofsted-style ranking system, found that 67.3 per cent rated provision as “poor” with a further 31.1 per cent rating it as “requires...
The supreme court has ruled against the UK government’s attempts to force the bedroom tax on 155 partners of people with severe disabilities, in a decision that will hamper ministerial attempts to water down human...
Public Health England has published a series of reports summarising the evidence for the effectiveness of universal approaches to improving children and young people’s mental health and wellbeing. The reports include:...
The Joint Committee on Human Rights has published a report on the detention of young people with learning disabilities and/or autism. The report finds that the detention of those with learning disabilities and/or autism...
The human rights of many young people with learning disabilities and autism in mental health hospitals in England are being breached, MPs and peers say. The Joint Committee on Human Rights says hospitals can inflict...
The House of Commons Education Committee has published a report on children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) following an 18-month inquiry into Government reforms aimed at placing...
Severe, complex, challenging: these words are casually used in the specialist world of learning disabilities. They are used to justify disproportionate and unnecessary involvement from social care, which can lead to...
A new research centre will aim to “shine a light” on why young people develop mental health problems. The £10m Wolfson Centre at Cardiff University wants to develop new ways of reducing anxiety and...
A surge in anxiety and stress is sweeping UK campuses. What is troubling students, and is it the universities’ job to fix it?
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