The trade union said nearly £500,000 of Lewisham’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) budget could be lost as a result of funding cuts from both Lewisham Primary Care Trust and Lewisham Borough Council.
The schools’ team and the specialist refugee and asylum seeker outreach worker posts are among those at risk under budget reduction plans. The special adolescent service will also be affected, which is one of only two adolescent forensic teams in the country that provides a mental health service to young offenders.
Unite regional officer Richard Munn said: "Yet again, Tory rhetoric that frontline NHS services will be safeguarded is proven to be untrue. Children with mental health problems are some of the most vulnerable members of society, so early intervention is therefore vital to reduce the problems in later life."
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