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Support for SEND children turning 18 is ‘profoundly inadequate’, report warns

Thursday, May 9, 2024

| CYP Now

Problems in support for young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) are being “exacerbated by a profoundly inadequate system” of help as they become adults, according to campaigners.

Longfield think-tank calls for expansion of school mental health support teams

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Monday, April 29, 2024

| CYP Now

Former children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has called for an expansion of mental health support offered in schools as data shows 1.4mn children in England now have a probable mental health condition.

Report slams ‘significant lack’ of government action to tackle root cause of school absences

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Thursday, April 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Mental health experts have criticised a lack of action by the government to tackle underlying issues behind persistent school absences such as poor emotional wellbeing and poverty.

Hundreds of young people to reveal lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

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Monday, April 22, 2024

| CYP Now

The UK Covid-19 Inquiry will hear from hundreds of young people about the lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic to form legal evidence for future recommendations.

MPs back plans to tackle youth vaping

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Wednesday, April 17, 2024

| CYP Now

MPs have backed major plans to tackle youth vaping and smoking including a ban on the marketing of vaping products aimed at children.

Children's safety campaigners call for WhatsApp to reverse age limit reduction

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Thursday, April 11, 2024

| CYP Now

Campaigners are calling on WhatsApp to reverse its decision to cut the age limit of users from 16 to 13.

Budgets to support visually impaired children slashed by councils

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

More than half of local authorities have cut or frozen the number of specialist teachers they employ to support children with visual impairments, according to new research.

Cass review: Gender identity services for young people ‘need to match standards of other NHS care'

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Wednesday, April 10, 2024

| CYP Now

A landmark healthcare review has called on the NHS to ensure gender identity services for young people match the standards of its other forms of care and support.

'Unexplained transfers' impacting one in five pupils with emotional health needs

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Wednesday, March 27, 2024

| CYP Now

Vulnerable pupils, including those with mental health problems, are at an increased risk of experiencing "an unexplained transfer" from their school, research has found.

Number of children living in absolute poverty rises by 300,000, government reveals

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of children living in absolute poverty has risen for a second consecutive year by 300,000, according to government figures.

Just one in five children feel politicians are listening to them, England's Children’s Commissioner reveals

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Monday, March 25, 2024

| CYP Now

Only 22% of children feel that their concerns are being listened to by politicians with just 10% feeling their views are important to those running the country, a survey by the Children’s Commissioner for England has revealed.

Charity highlights importance of specialist roles to support neurodiverse children

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Friday, March 22, 2024

| CYP Now

Safer London has said its expert caseworker roles to support neurodiverse children are vital at a time where there’s a “lack of money for services”.

Princess of Wales' charity urges roll out of health visitor tool to ‘interpret baby behaviour’

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Thursday, March 21, 2024

| CYP Now

A tool to help health visitors interpret babies' behaviour should be rolled out nationally following “overwhelmingly positive” results from a trial of its use funded by the Princess of Wales’ charity the Royal Foundation Centre for Early Childhood.

Thousands of children waiting years for mental health support, Children’s Commissioner warns

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Almost a quarter of a million children are waiting for mental health support despite being referred to services in 2022/23, analysis of NHS figures by the Children’s Commissioner for England finds.

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

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Friday, March 15, 2024

| CYP Now

Programmes within schools and nurseries should be at the forefront of a government plan to tackle childhood poverty, a think-tank led by the former Children’s Commissioner for England has told ministers.

YoungMinds receives £5m grant to improve youth mental health over 10 years

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Thursday, March 14, 2024

| CYP Now

Youth mental health charity YoungMinds has received a 10-year grant of £5 million to support the design and delivery of a new strategy for young people’s mental health.

Surfing therapy project wins National Lottery award to support young people

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

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A therapy project that uses surfing to help tackle mental health problems has been handed £20,000 in National Lottery funding to target groups at high risk of loneliness.

Puberty blockers will no longer be prescribed to children, NHS England confirms

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024

| CYP Now

Puberty blockers will now only be available to children as part of clinical research trials and will not be prescribed at gender identity clinics, NHS England has confirmed.

Blanket approach to cost-of-living support 'impacting youth mental health'

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Friday, March 8, 2024

| CYP Now

The “one-size-fits-all approach” to supporting children through the cost-of-living crisis “overlooks the unique challenges faced by young people”, the Youth Select Committee’s new report has found.

Referrals to children’s mental health services ‘highest on record’

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Wednesday, March 6, 2024

| CYP Now

The number of referrals to child and adolescent mental health services (CAHMS) has reached a record high, according to analysis of NHS annual data by charity Mind.

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Support for SEND children turning 18 is ‘profoundly inadequate’, report warns

Longfield think-tank calls for expansion of school mental health support teams

Report slams ‘significant lack’ of government action to tackle root cause of school absences

Hundreds of young people to reveal lasting effects of the Covid-19 pandemic

MPs back plans to tackle youth vaping

Children's safety campaigners call for WhatsApp to reverse age limit reduction

Budgets to support visually impaired children slashed by councils

Cass review: Gender identity services for young people ‘need to match standards of other NHS care'

'Unexplained transfers' impacting one in five pupils with emotional health needs

Number of children living in absolute poverty rises by 300,000, government reveals

Just one in five children feel politicians are listening to them, England's Children’s Commissioner reveals

Charity highlights importance of specialist roles to support neurodiverse children

Princess of Wales' charity urges roll out of health visitor tool to ‘interpret baby behaviour’

Thousands of children waiting years for mental health support, Children’s Commissioner warns

Support schools and nurseries to tackle poverty, Longfield’s think-tank urges ministers

YoungMinds receives £5m grant to improve youth mental health over 10 years

Surfing therapy project wins National Lottery award to support young people

Puberty blockers will no longer be prescribed to children, NHS England confirms

Blanket approach to cost-of-living support 'impacting youth mental health'

Referrals to children’s mental health services ‘highest on record’

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