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'Unreliable data' undermining efforts on children's mental health

Tuesday, October 9, 2018

| CYP Now

Poor-quality data is undermining the government's understanding of its progress on children's mental health and whether additional funding has been spent as intended, the National Audit Office (NAO) has warned.

One in four children turned away by mental health services

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Sunday, October 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Children's mental health services are struggling to cope with a rise in demand and are turning away as many as one in four young people referred for support, a report has found.

Virgin poised to lose £23.8m child health contract

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Tuesday, September 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Virgin Care is set to lose a £23.8m a year contract to run children's health services in the south west of England.

Children's mental health services 'turning away cannabis-related cases'

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Thursday, September 13, 2018

| CYP Now

Young people with mental health issues linked to cannabis use are being turned away from child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS), a report has suggested.

Health visitors 'should take lead on infant mental health'

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Wednesday, September 12, 2018

| CYP Now

Health visitors should become the lead professionals in supporting families with infant mental health issues, according to the Institute of Health Visiting (IHV).

Campaigners criticise scale and pace of government's children's mental health plans

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Wednesday, July 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Government plans to improve children's mental health have been criticised by campaigners after it was confirmed that efforts to boost support will not be introduced countrywide for at least four years.

Compulsory relationships education to include mental health sessions

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Thursday, July 19, 2018

| CYP Now

Compulsory relationships and sex education in schools will include sessions on mental wellbeing, the government has revealed.

MPs urge creation of new department for children

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Monday, June 25, 2018

| CYP Now

A new department for children should be established in order to drive efforts to improve mental health services for children and young people, a cross-party group of MPs and peers has said.

Think-tank urges fast-track graduate scheme for school mental health specialists

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Wednesday, June 20, 2018

| CYP Now

A major programme to recruit high-performing graduates to work in schools as mental health specialists should be introduced as part of efforts to tackle wellbeing among pupils, a think-tank has urged.

Campaigners push for 'wellbeing GCSE' to boost mental health in schools

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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

| CYP Now

Pupils should be taught about meditation and a range of psychological therapies as part of a new "wellbeing GCSE" designed to improve children's mental health, academics have said.

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Delayed trials of mental health assessments for children entering the care system will launch later this year, the government has pledged.

Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds

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Friday, June 1, 2018

| CYP Now

Health workers are reluctant to routinely ask young people who access their services if they have been affected by adverse childhood experiences such as abuse or exploitation, a pilot study has found.

MPs criticise 'unambitious' children's mental health green paper

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Tuesday, May 8, 2018

| CYP Now

Government plans to improve young people's mental health support "lack ambition and will provide no help to the majority of children who desperately need it", a report by MPs has concluded.

Primary school counselling 'delivers six-fold return on investment'

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Wednesday, April 25, 2018

| CYP Now

Funding mental health counselling for primary school pupils can deliver a six-fold return on investment, analysis of a scheme involving more than 4,500 children has claimed.

Personal budgets to be extended to young people with mental health needs

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Friday, April 6, 2018

| CYP Now

Young people with mental health conditions will be given a greater say over the treatment they receive as part of plans to extend personal budgets to more groups.

Government promises action to combat negative body image

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Monday, March 26, 2018

| CYP Now

The government has pledged action to improve access to help and information for young people and professionals on combating negative body image.

Poor joint working on mental health sees children reach 'crisis point'

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Wednesday, March 7, 2018

| CYP Now

Too many children and young people find themselves at "crisis point" before receiving mental health support because health care, education and other public services are not working together as effectively as they could, a report from the Care Quality Commission (CQC), published today, has found.

'Austerity to blame' for many children's mental health problems

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Tuesday, March 6, 2018

| CYP Now

Government plans to improve mental health support for young people represent a missed opportunity because they fail to acknowledge that many problems they face are the result of public spending cuts, a group representing psychologists has said.

Inquiry calls for social media companies to reveal anti-bullying response

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Monday, February 26, 2018

| CYP Now

Social media companies should be made to publish data on how well they are dealing with online bullying, according to an inquiry.

Corbyn calls for national action on life skills

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Tuesday, February 20, 2018

| CYP Now

Young people should get more help to develop life skills and manage their emotions as part of efforts to improve their prospects, Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has said.

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'Unreliable data' undermining efforts on children's mental health

One in four children turned away by mental health services

Virgin poised to lose £23.8m child health contract

Children's mental health services 'turning away cannabis-related cases'

Health visitors 'should take lead on infant mental health'

Campaigners criticise scale and pace of government's children's mental health plans

Compulsory relationships education to include mental health sessions

MPs urge creation of new department for children

Think-tank urges fast-track graduate scheme for school mental health specialists

Campaigners push for 'wellbeing GCSE' to boost mental health in schools

Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

Health services reluctant to ask about childhood trauma, study finds

MPs criticise 'unambitious' children's mental health green paper

Primary school counselling 'delivers six-fold return on investment'

Personal budgets to be extended to young people with mental health needs

Government promises action to combat negative body image

Poor joint working on mental health sees children reach 'crisis point'

'Austerity to blame' for many children's mental health problems

Inquiry calls for social media companies to reveal anti-bullying response

Corbyn calls for national action on life skills

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