Longfield calls for action on 'shockingly poor' children's mental health treatment

Neil Puffett
Tuesday, October 10, 2017

A generation of children will enter adulthood with mental health problems unless government takes urgent action to address the "shockingly poor" state of children's mental health services, children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned.

Children's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for young offender institutions to be abolished. Picture: Alex Deverill
Children's Commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for young offender institutions to be abolished. Picture: Alex Deverill

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