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...
A report has been published by the Children’s Commissioner investigating the amount spent by local areas in England on low-level mental health support. Findings indicate that there is a wide disparity in spending...
More than a third of local areas are cutting spending on early help for children and young people with mental health problems, according to analysis by the children’s commissioner for England. While overall...
The mother of a nine-year-old girl with severe epilepsy wept as she had an illegal supply of medical cannabis confiscated by customs officials after entering the UK with the potentially life-saving medication that her...
8 March 2019 BackgroundYoung women aged 16–24 are at high risk of common mental disorders (CMDs), but the risk during pregnancy is unclear. AimsTo compare the population prevalence of CMDs in pregnant women aged...
Please find links below to our Disabled Living March Newsletter on the left hand side and Kidz to Adultz Focus on the Transitional Years on the right hand side. Please get in touch if you require a PDF version. Disabled...
21 February 2019 This note summarises the key statistics available on disabled people in employment in the UK. Access this research: People with disabilities in employment Author(s): House of Commons Library...
Many black pupils in England are having their education dumbed down after being wrongly identified as having one of a range special needs, a study says. The study found black Caribbean pupils were twice as likely to be...
Deaf children are falling a whole grade behind their hearing classmates, prompting a charity to warn of a “lost generation”. The National Deaf Children’s Society (NDCS) analysis of government data...
The Challenging Behaviour Foundation has published a report looking at the use of restrictive interventions on disabled children and young people aged 0-25 in schools. Restrictive interventions can include:...
The House of Commons Petitions Committee has published a report, following an inquiry and consultation, looking at the level of abuse that disabled people, including disabled children, receive online...
