How this translates to demand for services is seen in data collated by NHS Digital. This shows there were 344,000 children and young people referred to either CAMHS or adult mental health services in May 2017, of which 42,500 - 12.3 per cent - were accepted for treatment. During May, 106,000 children were receiving treatment, while 148,000 were registered as "in contact" with services.
Evidence shows that half of all lifetime mental health illness begins by the age of 14, yet analysis by the Children's Commissioner for England reveals that just 6.3 per cent of clinical commissioning groups' (CCG) mental health spending is on CAMHS, only 0.74 per cent of their total spending.
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