Children’s mental health services ‘buckling’ under post-Covid pressure, Longfield warns

Philippa Kelly
Monday, August 1, 2022

Former children’s commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned that vulnerable young people are at greater risk of exploitation, serious violence and abuse, as children’s mental health services struggle to cope with a post-Covid rise in demand.

Longfield: 'We face a generational threat to our country’s future national prosperity and success'. Picture: Commission on Young Lives
Longfield: 'We face a generational threat to our country’s future national prosperity and success'. Picture: Commission on Young Lives

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