Suicidal children abandoned by NHS, Commissioner tells Parliament Suicidal children are being abandoned, the Children’s Commissioner has warned as she called for ‘seismic change’ to mental health services for the young.
Anne Longfield said understaffed and fragmented services meant minors are being turned away even if they say they no longer wanted to live.
Her warning to MPs followed a report which showed children’s psychiatric services are receiving an average of just 6 per cent of the mental health budget, despite children making up around 20 per cent of the population.
Meanwhile the Care Quality Commission, responsible for regulating services, said there was no clear structure of accountability at a local level.
Currently only one in four children with a psychiatric condition is being treated. The Daily Telegraph
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Anne Longfield said understaffed and fragmented services meant minors are being turned away even if they say they no longer wanted to live.
Her warning to MPs followed a report which showed children’s psychiatric services are receiving an average of just 6 per cent of the mental health budget, despite children making up around 20 per cent of the population.
Meanwhile the Care Quality Commission, responsible for regulating services, said there was no clear structure of accountability at a local level.
Currently only one in four children with a psychiatric condition is being treated. The Daily Telegraph
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