There’s not much more to say about the excellent
report by England’s Children’s Commissioner. She details a sorry tale of the inability
of children, young people and their families to get the help they require when
they need it. Shockingly she found that 28% of children referred for mental
health support in England in 2015 were sent away without help, some after suicide attempts.
As I said in a recent post, none of this is
new.
For years and years practitioners and campaigners have been
telling governments that child and adolescent mental health services are chronically
underfunded. And for years and years governments have chosen not to hear. It’s
a disgrace.
