Children and young people with suspected severe depression and at high risk of suicide are assessed by CAMHS (Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services) professionals within a maximum of 24 hours of ...

Announced in June 2024, the £4m funding was secured to reduce long waits for assessment and treatment, strengthen early ...

In a follow up to our investigation in April, the House has learned thousands of children with suspected ADHD and autism are suffering “severe and irrevocable damage” to their futures, as they wait up ...

Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in the UK are “complex” and “fragmented”, leaving many kids with a poor experience of care. These were the findings from a Care Quality Commission ...

The HSE has said it will begin a review of all open Child and Adolescent Mental Health System cases this week focusing directly on children and adolescents who have not been monitored for six months ...

A new £1.5 million specialist centre transforming the way children and young people in Lanarkshire receive mental health care has been officially opened. Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Social Care, ...

A 15-year-old boy affected by the care he received at South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) has had a settlement of €92,500 approved by the High Court. This is the first case ...