Children’s services hardest hit by public health cuts
Services aimed at children and young people are bearing the brunt of cuts to public health spending by local authorities, … Read more
children’s health
Two-thirds of GP referrals for child mental health lead to no treatment
An increasing number of vulnerable children are being refused vital mental health treatment that is recommended by their GP, finds … Read more
NHS child mental health services are failing the next generation, say GPs
Up to four in five children with mental health problems are being denied access to treatment they urgently need in … Read more
Lightning Review: Access to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services May 2016
This report by The Children’s Commissioner came to the following conclusions: — Access to CAMHS is a post code lottery: … Read more
Mental health support ‘denied to children’
More than a quarter of children referred to mental health services in England in 2015 – including some who had … Read more
Charity nurses warn of ‘postcode lottery’ in specialist children’s care
Expert children’s nurses have highlighted wide variations in services and standards for children with complex health needs as the ground-breaking … Read more
Threat of public health nurse cuts now becoming a reality
Council cuts to budgets for health visiting and school nursing services that are putting jobs at risk threaten to “unravel” … Read more
Health rationing row as NHS hospitals set out rules preventing the elderly from having operations
NHS hospitals caring for two million patients could be forced to bar elderly patients from a host of operations, it … Read more
Why are more children being prescribed antidepressants? Funding cuts
New research published this week shows that between 2005 and 2013 there was a 54% increase in the number of children and … Read more
NHS child mental health money ‘missing’ despite investment
Some mental health trusts in England have seen “no significant investment” in psychiatric services for children despite government plans to … Read more