According to the all-party parliamentary group (APPG) on a fit and healthy childhood, the mental health crisis affecting children and young people revealed by the pandemic “may become entrenched long after lockdowns are history” unless it is urgently addressed by government.
Labour Party MP for Birmingham Selly Oak and chair of the APPG Steve McCabe said: “The pandemic has exposed the UK as a patchwork of mental health disparity, with a fluctuating standard of provision, courtesy of factors ranging from individual family circumstance and socioeconomic status to deep-rooted and stubborn funding failings; both at service and research levels – and even dependent upon which UK country you happen to live in.”
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