Teenager’s death after drinking too much water was ‘preventable’ The 18-year-old, diagnosed with early onset psychosis, died in hospital after being detained under the Mental Health Act The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023
Teenager’s death after drinking too much water ‘could have been prevented’ The 18-year-old died in hospital after being detained under the Mental Health Act. The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2023
Trans people let down by ‘extraordinarily long’ NHS waiting lists The inquest of Alice Litman, who took her own life waiting for gender affirming treatment,heard that waiting lists were a ‘travesty’ for trans people. The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2023
Transgender woman’s death was preventable, mother says Alice Litman, 20, had been waiting to receive gender affirming healthcare for 1,023 days when she died, her family have said. The Independent UK · Sep 18, 2023
Improve NHS mental health funding or more children will die by suicide, says coroner A prevention of future deaths report is sent to Steve Barclay after Allison Aules, 12, took her own life The Guardian - UK · Sep 14, 2023
Trans teenager told school staff he wanted to kill himself, inquest hears A coroner has concluded there were individual failings in the support offered to Alex Dews, 13, by his school but did not find ‘systemic failure’. The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
NHS trust failures contributed to suicide of girl, 12, London inquest told Allison Aules from north-east London took her own life after her ‘mood changed completely during pandemic’ The Guardian - UK · Aug 16, 2023
HSE ‘genuinely sorry’ after report finds failings in youth mental health service An independent investigation found shortcomings were contributing to ‘inefficient and unsafe’ services. The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023
Child mental health services failing and in need of radical overhaul – watchdog The Mental Health Commission said the HSE service needs urgent regulation. The Independent UK · Jul 26, 2023
Dumfries and Galloway young people play key role in creating new mental health website The site has been co-designed by service users and staff, and is now live for young people, parents, carers, families and professionals Daily Record · Jul 5, 2023
Record numbers of children seek mental health help from NHS England Charity says young people under pressure from cost of living crisis along with fallout from pandemic The Guardian - UK · Jun 26, 2023
Ministers accused of neglecting ‘tidal wave’ of child mental ill health in England Exclusive: Research reveals only a quarter of primaries will have vital school-based support by end of 2024 The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023
'Work to be done' after key mental health waiting times target missed The Scottish Government has accepted more work needs to be done to get on top of waiting times for children’s mental health services after… The National (Scotland) · Jun 6, 2023
MSP urges more help for young people's mental health services in Lanarkshire Latest figures show that almost 1600 children and young people in Lanarkshire are currently on a CAHMS waiting list – 68 per cent of whom have already been waiting longer than the target 18 weeks Daily Record · Jun 5, 2023
Manchester Evening News · May 30, 2023 CEO of mental health care firm hits back at critical watchdog report into hospital where three young women died within weeks The Priory Group has 'disputed the factual accuracy of many aspects' of a CQC report into Cheadle Royal Hospital
Manchester Evening News · May 30, 2023 "People shouldn't have to live in these poor conditions": Hospital where three women died within weeks slammed by watchdog The mental health hospital has been the centre of concerns about the deaths of three young women
The Independent UK · May 26, 2023 Mental health care assistant groomed underage patients on Snapchat Daniel Knight sent sexualised messages to his underage victims and offered to buy one cocaine and alcohol.
Irish Mirror · May 20, 2023 More than 750 mentally ill children waiting over a year for treatment from HSE The figure has almost doubled over the course of the last year
The Independent UK · May 15, 2023 Is your child too anxious to go to school? As Mental Health Awareness Week (May 15-21) begins, experts offer tips on what to do if anxiety negatively impacts school attendance. By Abi Jackson.
The Independent UK · May 9, 2023 Trust’s ‘challenges’ with managing gender identity service before closure The Care Quality Commission said it wanted to ensure other services provided by the trust were continuing to deliver safe and effective care.
The Independent UK · May 1, 2023 Revealed: Scandal of mentally ill children dumped on the wrong hospital wards Exclusive: Thousands of vulnerable patients denied crucial care as staff can’t treat their needs
Daily Record · Apr 24, 2023 Families speak out as number of young Scots seeking help for mental health problems hits five-year high A Daily Record investigation found more than 160,000 young Scots have been referred to the NHS’s Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) since 2018.
Chronicle Live · Apr 17, 2023 Gateshead mum with ADHD and autism launches wellbeing service to give kids the support she never had Lella Anthonya Halliwell wants AUThentically Autistic to support children and young people with ADHD and autism across Newcastle and Gateshead
The Guardian - UK · Apr 16, 2023 ‘Buckling’ NHS fails to treat 250,000 children with mental health problems Exclusive: child mental health crisis deepens with one-third of all referrals denied help
Daily Record · Apr 14, 2023 Scots parents tell of horror at being reported to social services for misgendering their autistic child The East Renfrewshire couple - whose two vulnerable teenagers have expressed gender dysphoria - say the stress caused by the intervention during family therapy has been a 'living nightmare'.