Autism and ADHD care complaints more than triple in five years in England

NHS ombudsman warns of years-long waits and patients paying thousands to go private as demand for services soars
Read the full article on this link to The Guardian

August 26, 2026

General mental health Poverty Safeguarding

Child welfare

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...

August 6, 2026

Disability

Kinship care

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...

July 14, 2026

Category - Disability

mental health

Prevalence of maternal mental illness among children and adolescents in the UK between 2005 and 2017: a national retrospective cohort analysis

11 June 2019 Little information exists about the prevalence of children exposed to maternal mental illness. We aimed to estimate the prevalence of children and adolescents exposed to maternal mental illness in the UK...

June 18, 2019

General mental health

Young people, social media and mental health

Barnardo’s has published a report looking at what children, young people and practitioners say about the impact of social media on mental health and wellbeing and the social media experiences of vulnerable children in...

June 18, 2019

Disability News

Research reveals extent of ‘postcode lottery’ in 0-5 SLT services

Funding for speech and language support for children under the age of five varies widely across England, with a quarter of areas spending just 58p or less per child, according to new research. Research commissioned by...

June 11, 2019

Disability

Shifting attitudes to disability – has anything changed over the years?

As a society we like to think we have a more modern attitude to disability in education, sport and the workplace. So what has changed over the years? ITV News Anglia has sifted through the archive to find news reports...

June 1, 2019

Disability mental health

Children in secure hospitals

The Children’s Commissioner for England has published a report on children with learning disabilities or autism living in mental health hospitals in England. Findings include: on average, children who were in...

May 28, 2019

Disability mental health

Call for reform of system treating children with SEN as mental health inpatients

Too many children with learning disabilities and autism are unnecessarily being treated in mental health hospitals – according to a report published today by the Children’s Commissioner for England. Concerns...

May 21, 2019

mental health

Adolescent mental health

The Children’s Society has published a report on the transition from child to adult mental health services. Key findings include: 1 in 6 17- to 19-year-olds experience a mental health problem; people aged 16-24 are the...

May 7, 2019

Disability mental health

The State of Education: Young People’s Mental Health

Mental health problems amongst young people hit “crisis point”, according to findings of NEU survey. In advance of the National Education Union’s annual conference, held in Liverpool this week, more than 8,000 teachers...

April 26, 2019

Disability

A system in crisis: the daily battle for specialist teachers

A survey of 600+ Teachers of the Deaf asks about their jobs and about specialist support for deaf children.
Read the full details on this link to National Deaf Children’s Society

April 17, 2019

Disability Marginalised & Excluded Poverty

The Disability Price Tag

Life costs more for disabled people and their families. Spending more on essential goods and services like; heating, insurance, equipment and therapies. These extra costs mean disabled people have less money in their...

April 17, 2019

Autism and ADHD care complaints more than triple in five years in England

Child welfare

Kinship care

Category - Disability

Prevalence of maternal mental illness among children and adolescents in the UK between 2005 and 2017: a national retrospective cohort analysis

Young people, social media and mental health

Research reveals extent of ‘postcode lottery’ in 0-5 SLT services

Shifting attitudes to disability – has anything changed over the years?

Children in secure hospitals

Call for reform of system treating children with SEN as mental health inpatients

Adolescent mental health

The State of Education: Young People’s Mental Health

A system in crisis: the daily battle for specialist teachers

The Disability Price Tag

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