A damning report by the Children’s Commissioner for England, YoungMinds and Very Important Kids found that just 15 per cent of trusts were keeping all children off inappropriate wards.
This will be a requirement by 2010 but the findings in the report, called Out of the Shadows, show too many trusts still do not see the issue as a priority, according to children’s commissioner Sir Al Aynsley Green.
It is clear that much still needs to be done to ensure young people placed on adult wards have the appropriate level of care and support that they need, he said.
The report also found that only a quarter of trusts showed a real commitment to achieving tangible improvements in the planning, commissioning and delivery of mental health care to children and young people living in the area.
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