During a hearing by the home affairs committee on gangs and youth crime, Emer Sutherland, emergency medicine consultant at King’s College Hospital in London, said that all young people seeking emergency medical help could benefit from the support of youth workers, regardless of the presence of gang violence in the local area.
“Our youth workers are not single issue youth workers, [they’re] thinking about children who don’t meet the child and adolescent mental health services threshold or children who might be being sexually exploited,” she said.
“Those children and young people are in all emergency departments.
“While you may not need a full extended-hours presence in every department, I think most young people would benefit from a more integrated service.”
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