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 ...

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 ...

A third of referrals to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services last year were refused. Figures provided under Freedom of Information by the Health Service Executive show that, in the first 11 ...

The majority of children who accessed the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Camhs) in Ireland last year suffered a deterioration of their mental health during the referral process, a survey ...

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 ...

The proportion of children waiting more than four weeks to be seen by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) in Wales has decreased by 13 percentage points. According to figures on NHS ...

The number of people referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) exceeded expectations last year, as the HSE says it is working on new methods to cut a growing waiting list backlog ...

Two-thirds of councils have reduced funding for young people’s mental health services since 2010, with budget reductions leading some services to place tighter restrictions on referrals from social ...

New figures obtained by Social Democrats TD Róisín Shortall show that the number of children on Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) waiting lists has increased by 12% in the six months ...

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 ...