Here she writes in response to a recent report calling for action to tackle a growing mental health emergency among children.
Falling through the cracks is easy to say but let me tell you when it’s your own life it hurts, sometimes for a lifetime. I know, I’ve been there. For over 20 years I have struggled with my own mental health. It's been a long, and often lonely road. As a child with mental health issues, I was ignored. I felt isolated. That I was the only one. That no-one cared.
A recent report published by the Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition suggests that if the government is serious about ‘levelling up’ it must deal with the current child mental health emergency. The report acknowledges that many organisations are struggling to meet current demand for children and young people’s mental health services.
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