Young people with mental health issues linked to cannabis use are being turned away from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), a report has suggested. Between 2012/13 and 2016/17 there was a 54 per cent rise in the number of young...
The disability system is blocking people like Jaki from their benefits – literally
If you want a symbol of Britain’s benefit system, Jaki would be it. The 36-year-old spent her 20s in Essex grafting – taking on any job to provide for her four children, even shelf-stacking for 60 hours a week. By 25, she started to get sick – the...
Children and young people’s mental health: focus group research
The Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in England has published findings from focus group research carried out to understand the views of children and young people, parents and carers, and professionals on the proposals in...
Breaking news: Landmark ruling in exclusions court case (14 August 2018)
A court has delivered a landmark verdict in a school exclusion case, which could help future generations of autistic children get the education they deserve. The ruling makes clear for the first time that all schools must make sure they have made...
Disabled children’s services face £1.5bn shortfall, charities warn
Health and social care services for disabled children are being undermined by a £1.5bn annual funding shortfall, a coalition of charities has claimed. The Disabled Children’s Partnership says underfunding is leaving children and families in...
Schools and Youth Mental Health: A briefing on current challenges and ways forward
Education and youth ‘think-and-action’ tank LKMco and school mental health organisation Minds Ahead have published a report looking at the role of schools in addressing children and young people’s mental health care. The report includes the views of...
