More than 100,000 children denied mental health treatment each year, figures suggest
The IndependentGet 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. A report by the Children’s Society estimates that more than 100,000 10- to 17-year-olds seeking help are being turned away from child and adolescent mental health services because their problems were not deemed “serious” enough. “All we have had from this Tory government is warm words about children’s mental health but this shows the reality that services are stretched to breaking point and children with mental heath problems aren’t getting the support they need.” The report also raised concerns about waiting times, with children with the most serious need waiting the equivalent of a school term – on average 12 weeks – from referral to treatment, when the current waiting time standard is four weeks. He added: “For those young people with the most serious need NHS waiting times for services remain shockingly high, and we urge the government to ensure all children and young people can get immediate help when they need it – at their school or at a local community drop-in centre – so they have an opportunity to talk about how they are feeling and are not made to suffer in silence.” The figures come after an investigation by the children’s commissioner found spending on early intervention services for children’s mental health had been cut in more than a third of areas in England. Meanwhile, one in eight children in England have a mental health disorder, according to the NHS, which warned last year that decades of underfunding to vital support services is putting young people’s lives at risk.
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