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9 Jan 20
One in four children in England referred to mental health services last year was rejected while some waited more than two months for treatment, analysis has found.
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18 Jun 19
Every new teacher is to be trained in how to spot the signs of mental health issues in young people, under new plans unveiled by the prime minister.
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21 May 19
A growing number of children are being admitted to mental health hospitals unnecessarily, the Children’s Commissioner for England has warned.
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3 Apr 19
We will never get police funding right unless we answer the bigger questions, says president of the Police Superintendents’ Association Paul Griffiths.
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4 Mar 19
Mental health funding cuts and a fragmented service provision are piling the pressure on public services. Kim Thomas reports.
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21 Feb 19
NHS staff should be prioritised for mental health support and treatment, according to proposals backed by health secretary Matt Hancock.
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5 Feb 19
UK cities should be given new powers to improve social mobility and wellbeing post-Brexit, according to umbrella group Key Cities.
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15 Jan 19
The government must step in as the NHS is currently failing young people with mental health problems, a group of MPs has said.
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27 Nov 18
Police are picking up the pieces of a “broken” mental health system as well as increasingly being the first public service on the scene when people need help, inspectors warned.
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23 Nov 18
Mental illness is costing the UK more than £94bn every year in treatment, social support costs and lower employment, the OECD has estimated.
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25 Oct 18
Mental health funding must double by 2030 to achieve ‘parity of esteem’ with physical health.
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8 Oct 18
The NHS and councils need to collaborate to develop a system to support children with mental health problems, the Local Government Association has said.
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30 Jul 18
Children of parents with mental health problems are more likely to use health services, Health Foundation research has found.
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18 May 18
Schools need more funding to deal with a “worrying” rise in demand for child mental health services, the Local Government Association has said.
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9 May 18
Hundreds of thousands of children in England will miss out on mental health support under the government’s plans to reform the service, a joint select committee has said.
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6 Dec 17
Health and education ministers have issued joint plans to improve the mental health support available to children in schools and colleges.
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31 Oct 17
Employees working for the civil service and NHS England will now receive more mental health support.
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11 Sep 17
There is significant variation in the number of senior psychiatrists working across the country, a professional body has warned.
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31 Jul 17
The government intends to recruit an extra 21,000 mental health staff through a £1.3bn investment, it said today – although nursing leaders cast doubt on the viability of the plans.
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3 Jul 17
The government does not know the extent of the mental health problem in prisons nor how much it will cost to address, the National Audit Office has found.
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1 Jun 17
Mental health issues lead almost half of public sector workers to take sick days compared to just 32% of private sector workers, a study has found.
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11 May 17
The Liberal Democrats have announced plans to allocate £1bn of its £6bn health funding pledge to combat mental health problems.
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9 Jan 17
Prime Minister Theresa May has promised to tackle the “hidden injustice” of mental illness, particularly among young people, by providing more training for teachers and companies in...
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21 Sep 16
Achieving ‘parity of esteem’ between mental and physical health will be very difficult to achieve due to pressures on the NHS budget, the Public Accounts Committee has said.
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8 Mar 16
The current lack of integration between physical and mental health services in the NHS increases costs by over £11bn a year, according to an analysis by the King’s Fund.