Successive Governments have pledged to improve mental health support for children and young people. This briefing covers recent Department of Health and Social Care, Department for Education and NHS policy. Children and young people’s mental health...
The financial impact of COVID-19 on disabled people and their carers
Why extending the £20 uplift to legacy benefits is the right thing to do
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Children’s rights in mental health settings
Article 39 has published a report sharing children and young people’s views and experiences of mental health hospitals in England, as told to their advocates. The report finds that children are being kept in hospital for too long, often many miles...
‘Significant cultural change needed’ to recruit disabled foster carers
Campaigners have called for “significant cultural change” in recruiting disabled foster carers after research revealed prejudices may prevent them from taking up the role. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People...
‘There is a fear that this will eradicate dwarfism’: the controversy over a new growth drug
A new treatment could help children with achondroplasia, the most common form of dwarfism, grow taller and avoid health problems in later life. But there are concerns about whether this is ethical. Read the full article on this link to The Guardian...
Why is there so much more talk about pub opening times than about shielding?
As fears rise over the spread of coronavirus in Britain, it is remarkable how little ministers are talking about the millions of people who are most at risk. Boris Johnson addressed the nation yesterday about the fear of a second wave but made no...
