Figures collected by Unite show that the number of frontline child and adolescent mental health workers in the county has been cut by more than a third since 2005.
In 2005, there were 21 whole-time equivalent CAMHS staff. But now Cornwall Partnership NHS Trust, which runs CAMHS in the county, plans to reduce staff levels to just 14.3 whole-time equivalent employees by April 2008.
Heath Pettifer, Unite’s regional officer, said: “Children will be at risk from these cuts as the service is cracking and groaning under the massive amounts our members already do.”
“If these short-sighted cuts go-ahead, it will be more costly in the long-run as out-of-county admissions will rise.”
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