Daily roundup 14 November: Psychiatric wards, finances, and Ofsted criticism

Children and young people with mental health problems are still being treated alongside adults despite the practice being outlawed six years ago, it has emerged. The Guardian reports that 47 children and young people aged 17 or under were treated on adult psychiatric wards in July, as well as with 18 16-year-olds and eight under-15s or under. The government made clear in 2010 that children should not be treated on adult wards.


Young people aged 16 and 17 need to be provided with financial education before they reach adulthood amid fears they are ill-prepared, an advice service has said. The BBC reports that a survey by the Money Advice Service suggested that a third of the age group have never put money in a bank account and two thirds could not read a payslip.  


Education watchdog Ofsted has raised concerns over the way schools in Swindon are performing. The Swindon Advertiser reports that the concerns come in a damning letter from Bradley Simmons, south west regional director, to all head teachers, chairs of governors, council officials, and MPs.


The number of children and young people seeking counselling because of online bullying has increased by 88 per cent over five years, figures have shown. The BBC reports that the NSPCC's Childline service counselled more than 4,500 children in the past year compared with around 2,400 in 2011/12.?


A woman accused of poisoning a three-year-old boy used tens of thousands of pounds in legal aid to try to keep her alleged terror connections secret. The Telegraph reports that taxpayer-funded lawyers argued that Scotland Yard should not gain access to the woman's files after she repeatedly contaminated an intravenous tube which was being used to treat the child. It is claimed the woman also planned to take the boy to Syria, where his father is alleged to be fighting alongside Islamic State.


The British Youth Council's UK Youth Parliament (UKYP) has chosen votes at 16 and a curriculum for life as its priority campaign issues for 2017. The decision comes after 276 elected members of the UKYP debated a range of issues that affect young people in the House of Commons on Friday.