NHS employers body NHS Providers is calling on the government to act amid concerns around long waiting times children are facing to meet their mental and physical health needs.
It warns that demand for mental health services among children has more than doubled since the pandemic, with 562,840 young people waiting for services in March this year.
In addition, the number of children and young people waiting for community health support is 314,430, a record number. Of these more than one in five have been waiting for more than a year for help.
It has released a report, detailing the work of trusts in areas including Liverpool and London to improve access to support, which warns that “trust leaders remain increasingly concerned by the extraordinary level of demand for children and young people’s services and the length of time some are being forced to wait for treatment”.
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