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Local health strategies 'fail to focus on children's needs'

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  • Monday, May 15, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Local plans to ensure health services are built around the needs of people living in the area are routinely failing to focus on provision for children and young people, the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH) has warned.

Colleges 'forced' to send students with mental health crises to A&E

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  • Monday, February 6, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Three quarters of further education (FE) colleges in England have been forced to refer students experiencing mental health crises to Accident and Emergency (A&E) hospital departments in the past year, with cuts leaving many unable to provide their own support, research has revealed.

Child psychiatrist numbers at lowest level in seven years

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  • Wednesday, November 30, 2016
  • | CYP Now
Numbers of child psychiatrists employed by the NHS have fallen to their lowest level in more than seven years despite a £1.4bn government commitment to boost mental health services for children and young people, it has emerged.