Rising infant mortality rate in England and Wales causing concern
More babies are dying within a year of being born, in a “disturbing reversal” of several decades of the NHS’s … Read more
children’s health
Health of children and young people must be prioritised by NHS
Full Story in BMJ 14 March 2018 Children and young people are a quarter of our population1 but 100% of … Read more
Labour says NHS hospitals ran out of children’s intensive care beds more than a thousand times this winter
Full Story in The Independent 13 March 2018 The equivalent of ten children’s intensive care units a day are unable … Read more
Birmingham trusts plan new partnership to fix CAMHS
Article from HSJ, 28 February 2018 Child mental health services in Birmingham and Solihull are set to be redesigned for … Read more
Children’s mental health care in Norfolk could be taken over by Richard Branson’s Virgin Care
Full story at Eastern Daily Press 22 February 2018 Children’s mental health services in Norfolk could be taken over by … Read more
Outsourcing of children’s health contract to Virgin Care halted by judge
Full story in The Independent, 21 February 2018 A High Court judge has temporarily blocked a council’s attempt to outsource a … Read more
Gaps in mental health care for south Cumbrian children raised in Parliament
Gaps in mental health care for south Cumbrian children raised in Parliament. But bosses insist extended service will now be … Read more
Privatisation: Virgin wins children’s health contract in Lancashire
Full story in The Independent, 13 December 2017 Campaigners have criticised the “galloping privatisation” of health services after Virgin Care was awarded a … Read more
NHS cease funding for Nascot Lawn respite centre
Full story in The Herts Advertiser, 16 November 2017 Herts Valleys Clinical Commissioning Group (HVCCG) will stop funding the Watford … Read more
Children waiting up to 18 months for mental health treatment – CQC
Children with mental health problems are waiting up to 18 months to be treated, a government-ordered report will reveal next … Read more