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Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

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.

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.

Councils cut back on young people's mental health services

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Monday, March 11, 2013

| CYP Now

Two-thirds of local authorities have reduced funding for child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) since the coalition government came to power, according to a survey.

Longfield calls for schools to help children combat social media pressures

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Thursday, January 4, 2018

| CYP Now

Schools need to do more to prepare pupils for the emotional pressures and demands of social media, the children's commissioner for England has said.

Charity sets out children's mental health priorities for next government

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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

| CYP Now

A charity is calling on the next government to take action to avert a "mental health crisis" among young people.

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

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Tuesday, July 4, 2017

| CYP Now

The government does not know how many children are vulnerable and agencies cannot agree on how to define and identify them, children's commissioner for England Anne Longfield has warned.

Mental health service deficiencies ‘undermine penal support pilot'

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Wednesday, January 8, 2014

| CYP Now

Mental health and penal reform campaigners are concerned a government scheme that will see mental health professionals assess young people's needs soon after arrest could be undermined by a lack of specialist local support.

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

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Thursday, January 9, 2014

| CYP Now

There is an "unhelpful" misperception among the media and public about the nature of out-of-authority placements for looked-after children, council care managers have said.

Cells used to hold mentally ill children

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Wednesday, January 29, 2014

| CYP Now

Dozens of children in South West England, some as young as 11, have been held in police cells after being detained under the Mental Health Act, it has been revealed.

Mental health therapy to help jobless young people find work

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Monday, August 14, 2017

| CYP Now

A support programme for young people not in education, employment or training (Neet) is expanding its range of services to include help with mental health problems.

Care leavers missing out on mental health support, study finds

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Wednesday, September 13, 2017

| CYP Now

Around two-thirds of care leavers with mental health problems are not receiving specialist support, a study by Barnardo's has found.

Future of mental health ward at Lancaster YOI in jeopardy

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Tuesday, June 28, 2011

| CYP Now

The mental health ward at Lancaster Farms young offender institution (YOI) is set to close.

Acquired brain injury charity to expand community support service

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Tuesday, April 7, 2015

| CYP Now

A support service for children and young people with an acquired brain injury is to be expanded following a £400,000 Department for Education grant.

Inquiry to explore young people's mental health provision

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Monday, April 27, 2015

| CYP Now

An inquiry into mental health issues faced by young people has been launched by the British Youth Council's (BYC) youth select committee.

Scores of children's charities benefit from £800,000 windfall

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Tuesday, April 28, 2015

| CYP Now

More than 100 charities that support children and young people have been awarded grants from a pot worth more than £800,000.

Ex-MP calls for increased spending on child mental health services

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Wednesday, September 23, 2015

| CYP Now

The government needs to pump more money into tackling a wide range of mental health conditions through its children's mental health investment programme, former health minister Paul Burstow has said.

Poor young people have more pessimistic health outlook

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Wednesday, December 9, 2015

| CYP Now

Young people from deprived areas rate themselves as having lower life satisfaction and worse health than their peers, according to research.

Mental health services for abused children 'inadequate'

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Wednesday, January 27, 2016

| CYP Now

Services designed to help abused children overcome trauma are inadequate, professionals working with them have claimed.

Training for school mental health leads ‘shelved before pandemic’, MPs told

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Wednesday, March 24, 2021

| CYP Now

The children’s commissioner for England has called for a boost to mental health support in schools after it emerged planned specialist training for teachers had been halted before the pandemic.

MPs call for review of ‘dangerous’ weighing of primary school children

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Friday, April 9, 2021

| CYP Now

MPs have called for a review of weighing primary school children amid fears it could lead to negative body image and trigger eating disorders.

One in four young people worried mental health will impact work after pandemic

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Monday, July 5, 2021

| CYP Now

Young people are concerned that the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on their mental health will hinder their ability to get a job and keep it, a think tank has warned.

Children's commissioner for England calls for urgent improvements to care system

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Tuesday, September 21, 2021

| CYP Now

Investment in residential care, increased mental health support and more benefits for care leavers are paramount to improving provision for children in care, according to the children’s commissioner for England.

Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children

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Wednesday, June 22, 2011

| CYP Now

Children in custody should be kept in small units with sufficient trained staff to meet their mental health and emotional needs, a report by the children's commissioner has recommended.

Children's mental health services receive £25m boost

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Wednesday, September 28, 2016

| CYP Now

An additional £25m has been allocated to health chiefs across the country as part of efforts to accelerate plans for improving mental health services for children and young people.

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.

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Government vows to launch mental health check pilots later this year

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

Councils cut back on young people's mental health services

Longfield calls for schools to help children combat social media pressures

Charity sets out children's mental health priorities for next government

Longfield: Child vulnerability data is 'tip of the iceberg'

Mental health service deficiencies ‘undermine penal support pilot'

Media portrayal of out-of-area care placements ‘unhelpful'

Cells used to hold mentally ill children

Mental health therapy to help jobless young people find work

Care leavers missing out on mental health support, study finds

Future of mental health ward at Lancaster YOI in jeopardy

Acquired brain injury charity to expand community support service

Inquiry to explore young people's mental health provision

Scores of children's charities benefit from £800,000 windfall

Ex-MP calls for increased spending on child mental health services

Poor young people have more pessimistic health outlook

Mental health services for abused children 'inadequate'

Training for school mental health leads ‘shelved before pandemic’, MPs told

MPs call for review of ‘dangerous’ weighing of primary school children

One in four young people worried mental health will impact work after pandemic

Children's commissioner for England calls for urgent improvements to care system

Commissioner recommends smaller secure units for children

Children's mental health services receive £25m boost

Child psychiatrist numbers at lowest level in seven years

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