Tuesday 15 November 2016

Child mental health money not making frontline - report

Child mental health money not making frontline - report Money earmarked to boost mental health provision for children in England is failing to make it to front-line services, a new report suggests.

The government last year pledged £1.4bn for child mental health by 2020, but a report says millions of pounds is being used to offset NHS cuts elsewhere.

Specialist teams are also turning away up to a quarter of youngsters, it said.

Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said the government was "determined to address" mental health problems. BBC News

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