Thursday 26 July 2018

Government attacked over child mental health plan and told it is ‘sleepwalking into deepening crisis’

Government attacked over child mental health plan and told it is ‘sleepwalking into deepening crisis’ The government has been accused of “sleepwalking into a deepening crisis” on child mental health and attacked for its flagship plans to improve it.

Hundreds of mental health workers will be trained to work in and near schools from the end of next year to help boost young people’s wellbeing, after the government confirmed plans will go ahead.

But the Barnardo’s children’s charity said the £300m approved plan – first set out in a green paper last year – would still leave hundreds of thousands of children without the help they desperately need. The Independent

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