Children will continue to be detained on adult mental health wardsunless the issue is addressed through legislation, campaigners havewarned.
The news follows the Government's rejection of calls to makeage-appropriate treatment for children treated against their willstatutory.
In March, the Parliamentary committee for the Draft Mental Health Billcalled on the Government to enshrine provision of child and adolescentaccommodation for under-18s in the law. It also said appropriatelyqualified staff should be required to participate in assessments and themental health tribunals that consider detained children's cases.
However, in its response to the report, the Government insisted that ifit makes age-appropriate provision statutory, children might not receivetreatment if child-specific care is not available.
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