Tens of thousands of disability and sickness benefit claimants may have been underpaid and it could cost up to £500m to correct the error. The Department for Work and Pensions confirmed it had identified errors in the payment of employment and...
Community treatment orders offer few social benefits for patients with psychotic illnesses, research finds
Community treatment orders offer few social benefits for people experiencing psychotic illnesses, research has found. Authors of a study assessing the effectiveness of community treatment orders (CTOs) on people with psychotic illnesses said that...
One in three children ‘suffer from loneliness’
A third of children feel lonely and could be at risk of long-term mental and physical health problems, a charity has warned. A survey of children found that more than one in three had felt lonely in the past week. A study by Action for...
‘Speed up mental health support for children in care’
“It felt like no-one was there for me and no-one cared – I was crying myself to sleep every night.” This is what life was like for Callum after he was taken into care aged 13 in 2008, following the death of his father and a family...
Youth workers to deliver major mental health initiative in schools
Children’s charity Action for Children is to pilot a mental health initiative that will see youth workers support young people in schools, with a view to introducing it across the UK next year. Action for Children “Blues Busters” will deliver...
Children’s mental health support suffers from fragmentation, says CQC
Poor collaboration, fragmented services and data gaps are mean many children and young people face long waiting times to access mental health services, a Care Quality Commission (CQC) report has found. Read the full article on this link to Community...
