Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. If your child is struggling with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties, your child’s school or GP may ...

Half of the referrals to a trust's children's mental health services resulted in no treatment last year, according to figures obtained through a Freedom of Information request. Children were ...

NHS Tayside has stopped all new referrals for ADHD and autism to its Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) due to increased demand for assessments. The health board said the nationwide ...

1. Take enough time. Speak with both the child and parent or guardian and try to gain an understanding of the complexity of the case and its context, and get a clear picture of any safeguarding issues ...

MORE than half the young people in the Cork/Kerry health region referred for mental health treatment during 2022 by their GPs were refused access to the CAMHS scheme, a new analysis has found. This ...

Exclusive A coroner has called for a review of a referral form for mental health service CAMHS after the death of a 15-year-old boy. Sheffield Children’s Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has been told to ...

Majority of councils report drop in budgets for young people's mental health services since 2010, with cuts forcing some providers to impose tighter restrictions on referrals Two-thirds of councils ...

More than 10,000 referrals for children – over 40% of the total – made to the national mental health and therapy service for young people were rejected between January and October last year. And over ...

SNP ministers have been accused of having “abandoned” children and young people after new statistics revealed a rise in the number of rejected mental health referrals. New analysis by Scottish Labour ...

Lisa* was 14 and in the care of Tusla when she died by suicide. She “gained very little from” her referrals to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Camhs), a review of her death has found.

If your child is struggling with emotional, behavioural or mental health difficulties, your child’s school or GP may discuss referring them to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). To ...