Using children's mental health funding to plug NHS gaps is 'like theft', says former health minister
8 years, 2 months ago

Using children's mental health funding to plug NHS gaps is 'like theft', says former health minister

The Independent  

Sign up for the View from Westminster email for expert analysis straight to your inbox Get our free View from Westminster email Get our free View from Westminster email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The former care minister has blasted GPs for the "theft" of hundreds of millions of pounds earmarked for children's mental health care to spend on plugging gaps left by cuts. Mr Lamb said: "This is a puny response to a burning injustice and an attempt to cover up for this Government's failure to deliver on promised investment for children's mental health. Unless the government addresses the funding crisis facing the NHS and ensures extra investment gets through to where it's needed, we will not see the improvements in mental health care that are so badly needed." Labour MP Luciana Berger, who heads the party's mental health campaign, said on Twitter that if Ms May "wants to make a difference to young people's #mentalhealth, she should start by bringing back all these staff that have been cut," naming school nurses, pastoral care teams, counsellors, youth workers and children's centre workers.

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Labour’s mental health reforms a ‘lip service’ that could worsen racial inequalities, experts warn
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Labour’s mental health reforms a ‘lip service’ that could worsen racial inequalities, experts warn

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Proposed reforms to the Mental Health Act risk worsening racial inequalities …

BRYONY GORDON: New pupils were right to be scared this week... our schools are battery farms
6 months, 3 weeks ago

BRYONY GORDON: New pupils were right to be scared this week... our schools are battery farms

Daily Mail  

In the end, it was my daughter’s fumbling attempts to knot her new school tie that broke me. Like most parents with a child starting at secondary school this term, the emotion had been building for weeks, operation ‘accept the fact your baby is no longer a baby and hasn’t been for a while’ in full swing from the moment …

Anxiety referrals for kids double in four years, with 4,000 under 18s diagnosed every week
7 months ago

Anxiety referrals for kids double in four years, with 4,000 under 18s diagnosed every week

Daily Mail  

The number of children referred for specialist anxiety treatment has doubled in just four years, striking new figures have shown. This is up more than 100,000 on 2019/2020 when almost 99,000 were stuck in the queue A 2022 joint survey of 1,130 teachers conducted by the children's mental health charity Place2Be and the National Association of Head Teachers also found …

Three in four NHS staff are struggling with mental health, new figures reveal
11 months, 1 week ago

Three in four NHS staff are struggling with mental health, new figures reveal

The Independent  

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Why Britain’s mental health crisis threatens to doom a new generation
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Why Britain’s mental health crisis threatens to doom a new generation

The Telegraph  

“For the past 10 or 15 years, we have had an increase in the percentage of people requiring mental health support,” says Smith, who focuses on treating young adults. Last year 1.2 million people were on the waiting list for community mental health services. A growing number of school children are suffering with mental health conditions, meaning that unless something …

Almost 70,000 children missing out on mental health treatment
1 year ago

Almost 70,000 children missing out on mental health treatment

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The figures came as the government announced this week it would expand the number of …

Almost half a million children waiting to start mental health treatment, new figures show
1 year, 2 months ago

Almost half a million children waiting to start mental health treatment, new figures show

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Tom Madders, from mental health charity Young Minds, said: “Behind every referral is a young …

Specialists are being educated to address youth mental health
1 year, 2 months ago

Specialists are being educated to address youth mental health

Live Mint  

Last year saw a stream of dismal headlines about kids’ mental health. A 2019 study that used US National Survey of Children’s Health data found that about half of the kids with a mental health disorder did not receive treatment. McLaughlin recently left Harvard to be the executive director of the Ballmer Institute for Children’s Behavioral Health, launched at the …

Children face ‘significant challenges’ accessing mental health support – charity
1 year, 3 months ago

Children face ‘significant challenges’ accessing mental health support – charity

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. A “perfect storm” of the …

Almost a third of council funding spent on children’s social care amid surge in need
1 year, 4 months ago

Almost a third of council funding spent on children’s social care amid surge in need

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Almost one-third of council funding is being spent on children’s …

Pupils in poorest areas struggling most to access mental health support – report
1 year, 4 months ago

Pupils in poorest areas struggling most to access mental health support – report

The Independent  

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Here’s how to really improve school attendance
1 year, 5 months ago

Here’s how to really improve school attendance

The Independent  

Alliteration is a great way of selling things and, hey presto, we may soon have some more of it in the form of “attendance action alliances” made up of schools, local councils and doctors. I mean, we’ve had evidence from kids as well,” said children’s commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, at an Education Committee hearing earlier this year. Another post-pandemic …

‘Mental health emergency’ as urgent referrals for under 18s triple
1 year, 7 months ago

‘Mental health emergency’ as urgent referrals for under 18s triple

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Young people and families need …

Experts highlight barriers to mental health support as major factor in youth homelessness
1 year, 7 months ago

Experts highlight barriers to mental health support as major factor in youth homelessness

ABC  

In short: Experts say young people experiencing homelessness are suffering from a lack of access to mental health services Experts say young people experiencing homelessness are suffering from a lack of access to mental health services What's next? CEO Vicki Sutton said their data showed up to 70 per cent of young people coming to the mission for support had …

Surge in children needing care in wake of pandemic as councils drastically overspend budgets to cope
1 year, 8 months ago

Surge in children needing care in wake of pandemic as councils drastically overspend budgets to cope

The Independent  

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To the mums and dads with teenagers in mental health units: I’m taking action to help your child
1 year, 8 months ago

To the mums and dads with teenagers in mental health units: I’m taking action to help your child

The Independent  

Throughout history, mental illness has frequently been misunderstood. That’s why I’ve confirmed the current inquiry into the tragic deaths of mental health inpatients at NHS trusts across Essex will become a public inquiry. To the mums and dads with teenage children in mental health units, to the patients across the country seeking support close to where they live, and to …

Over 8,000 nursery staff absent due to mental health issues, figures show
1 year, 9 months ago

Over 8,000 nursery staff absent due to mental health issues, figures show

The Independent  

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Mental health hospitals are ‘making children worse’, leading charity warns
1 year, 10 months ago

Mental health hospitals are ‘making children worse’, leading charity warns

The Independent  

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Young people’s mental health services are in crisis – here’s how we fix them
1 year, 11 months ago

Young people’s mental health services are in crisis – here’s how we fix them

The Independent  

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Child mental health has never been more important
2 years, 1 month ago

Child mental health has never been more important

The Independent  

This forthcoming week marks children’s mental health week, shining a spotlight on the importance of children’s and young people’s mental health. Against this backdrop, our mental health services are however facing overwhelming and unprecedented pressures, which existed even before the pandemic and are becoming further exacerbated by the cost of living crisis. Against the perfect storm of a mental health …

Warning over mental health services without new cash injection
2 years, 3 months ago

Warning over mental health services without new cash injection

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. “That’s my view, that’s another reason why when the long term plan finishes we …

Surge in mental health problems among teenagers is ‘national emergency’ Government warned
2 years, 3 months ago

Surge in mental health problems among teenagers is ‘national emergency’ Government warned

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Mental health charities Mind and Rethink have warned the government the state of children’s mental …

Mental health care must not be overlooked in our fight to save the NHS
2 years, 4 months ago

Mental health care must not be overlooked in our fight to save the NHS

The Independent  

One of the most alarming of many alarming signs of a dysfunctional nation is that young people seem to be leaving the labour market because of mental illness. It seems as if it were a different country, in a different era, when Theresa May as prime minister promised parity of esteem between mental and physical health services. Just as mental …

Thousands more children set to be taken into care as council social work budgets cut
2 years, 4 months ago

Thousands more children set to be taken into care as council social work budgets cut

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Local authorities warned children “cannot afford to keep waiting” for reform, after recommendations by …

Most parents struggling with mental health or finances – Unicef UK
2 years, 5 months ago

Most parents struggling with mental health or finances – Unicef UK

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Jon Sparkes Unicef UK’s chief executive, said: “Up and down the country, we’re hearing …

The cost of living crisis is wreaking havoc on our children’s mental health
2 years, 5 months ago

The cost of living crisis is wreaking havoc on our children’s mental health

The Independent  

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NHS fails on mental health targets as waiting list rises 1.2 million
2 years, 7 months ago

NHS fails on mental health targets as waiting list rises 1.2 million

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy The number of people waiting for community mental health care has …

NHS staff shortages ‘impacting children’s services outside of hospital’
2 years, 7 months ago

NHS staff shortages ‘impacting children’s services outside of hospital’

The Independent  

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Calls for £1bn to save ‘buckling’ mental health services as suicidal children are turned away
2 years, 7 months ago

Calls for £1bn to save ‘buckling’ mental health services as suicidal children are turned away

The Independent  

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Hundreds of children in mental health crisis facing ‘unacceptable’ A&E waits every week
2 years, 8 months ago

Hundreds of children in mental health crisis facing ‘unacceptable’ A&E waits every week

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. One NHS trust chief executive has warned his hospital’s A&Es have seen a “real surge” …

Mental health referrals for children surge by more than HALF
2 years, 11 months ago

Mental health referrals for children surge by more than HALF

Daily Mail  

The number of children and young people needing mental health support has hit an 'unprecedented' high after surging by more than half after the start of lockdown. Mental health services for children and young people are seeing 'unprecedented' demand YoungMinds saw the number of calls to its email, web chat and crisis text line – for children and young people …

NHS pays out £20m in clinical negligence claims over children’s mental health care
2 years, 11 months ago

NHS pays out £20m in clinical negligence claims over children’s mental health care

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The review addresses improvements needed in inpatient and community children’s mental health services and highlights …

Children offer to buy food with their pocket money as cost of living mounts
2 years, 11 months ago

Children offer to buy food with their pocket money as cost of living mounts

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Forming healthy food relationships and managing budget effectively can be hard when “one’s childhood …

State by state, here's how well schools are doing at supporting kids' mental health
3 years, 1 month ago

State by state, here's how well schools are doing at supporting kids' mental health

NPR  

State by state, here's how well schools are doing at supporting kids' mental health Enlarge this image toggle caption SDI Productions/Getty Images SDI Productions/Getty Images There's a growing consensus that the pandemic has taken a big emotional toll on young people. "This report card really aims to give us a better understanding and overview of what's currently happening in our …

The crisis in child mental health is the Tory government’s badge of shame
3 years, 1 month ago

The crisis in child mental health is the Tory government’s badge of shame

The Independent  

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Record number of children referred for serious mental health issues in pandemic
3 years, 1 month ago

Record number of children referred for serious mental health issues in pandemic

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A record number of children …

‘I’ve waited days and hours for a bed’ : Mental health services facing ‘desperate’ situation
3 years, 2 months ago

‘I’ve waited days and hours for a bed’ : Mental health services facing ‘desperate’ situation

The Independent  

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More than a million waiting for mental health treatment with one in 10 doctor posts empty
3 years, 5 months ago

More than a million waiting for mental health treatment with one in 10 doctor posts empty

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy One in 10 posts for consultant psychiatrists in England are vacant …

Depression rates are dropping... but they're still nearly twice as high as they were pre-Covid
3 years, 5 months ago

Depression rates are dropping... but they're still nearly twice as high as they were pre-Covid

Daily Mail  

Rates of depression in Britain are starting to fall after shooting up during the Covid pandemic, official data shows. This more than doubled to a record 21 per cent last winter after two brutal waves of the epidemic and three lockdowns, with women and young people worst affected. The ONS estimates that the proportion dropped to 17 per cent last …

Young children are having panic attacks about play dates after lockdowns
3 years, 9 months ago

Young children are having panic attacks about play dates after lockdowns

The Independent  

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Young people are struggling the most with their mental health. Here's what they've learned from asking for help
3 years, 9 months ago

Young people are struggling the most with their mental health. Here's what they've learned from asking for help

ABC  

Finlaey Hewlett was just eight years old when she first started experiencing anxiety and depression. 1 in 5 young people say they're struggling with their mental health According to data from the Australia Talks National Survey, it's young people like Finlaey who are struggling the most with their mental health. Hadi found the mental health services available were often "quite …

Children’s mental health services reach breaking point as Covid sees demand soar
3 years, 10 months ago

Children’s mental health services reach breaking point as Covid sees demand soar

The Independent  

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Pupils to have access to NHS mental health support at school to tackle pandemic impact
3 years, 10 months ago

Pupils to have access to NHS mental health support at school to tackle pandemic impact

The Independent  

More than a million pupils will be given access to mental health support as part of efforts to tackle the impact of the coronavirus pandemic. By 2023, nearly 3 million pupils – or 35 per cent of England’s student population – are expected to have access to an NHS mental health support team at school. NHS England said the “dramatic …

Due to Covid, youth mental health problems have gone from niche to mainstream
3 years, 10 months ago

Due to Covid, youth mental health problems have gone from niche to mainstream

The Independent  

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Mental health support for NHS staff accessed 800,000 times
4 years ago

Mental health support for NHS staff accessed 800,000 times

The Independent  

Sign up for our free Health Check email to receive exclusive analysis on the week in health Get our free Health Check email Get our free Health Check email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Mental health support services for NHS staff set up in the …

Using ‘mental health’ as an anti-lockdown argument is unhelpful – it stops people getting the support they need
4 years, 1 month ago

Using ‘mental health’ as an anti-lockdown argument is unhelpful – it stops people getting the support they need

The Independent  

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Child protection referrals surge after first lockdown as councils report rise in mental health issues
4 years, 4 months ago

Child protection referrals surge after first lockdown as councils report rise in mental health issues

The Independent  

Sign up for the Independent Women email for the latest news, opinion and features Get the Independent Women email for free Get the Independent Women email for free SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Child protection referrals have surged in the months following the UK’s first …

The full toll of Covid-19 on children’s mental health won’t be known for years
4 years, 9 months ago

The full toll of Covid-19 on children’s mental health won’t be known for years

CNN  

Editor’s Note: Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez is a primary care pediatrician, director of pediatric telemedicine and assistant professor of pediatrics at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. In the midst of a global pandemic with a rising death toll, these vague symptoms, experienced by children without the ability to verbalize or advocate for themselves, can be easily overlooked in the country’s response. …

Why mental health treatment can be too expensive for those who need it most
5 years ago

Why mental health treatment can be too expensive for those who need it most

ABC  

When Sarah Bryan quit her job after her mental health spiralled, she withdrew $20,000 from her superannuation account to pay for her mental healthcare costs and living expenses. In November, the Royal Commission into Victoria's Mental Health System interim report found a disproportionate number of people with mental health issues have a low income. ': Alarm sounded on youth mental …

One in seven children develop a mental illness, claims new research
5 years, 4 months ago

One in seven children develop a mental illness, claims new research

The Independent  

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