Cash to boost children's mental health not getting through, says charity

Cash to boost children's mental health not getting through, says charity YoungMinds data shows half of England’s clinical commissioning groups used their share of new £1.4bn allocation for other purposes

Money to improve struggling children’s mental health services is often not reaching the NHS frontline despite soaring rates of self-harm among young people, new figures reveal.

Half of England’s clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) are using their share of the £1.4bn ministers allocated to improve NHS care of troubled young people for other purposes, it has emerged. Continue reading... The Guardian

See also:

• Children's mental health funding not going were it should YoungMinds
• 'I'm like a puppet to mental health - I hear voices' BBC News
• Children’s Mental Health Funding Is Not Going Where It Should Be Huffington Post UK