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 ...
New data collated by the BBC, from 32 of the 41 areas with NHS-run Camhs wards across the UK, suggests spending on agency nurses per bed rose by 72% between 2017 and 2021. In Birmingham, 21-year-old ...
The nation has faced an explosion of post-pandemic depression and anxiety, but many youngsters are being refused treatment or facing waits of over a year as the system struggles to cope. A new study ...
Emma’s daughter Jane* was referred to the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (Camhs) in Ballyfermot, Dublin by her GP six years ago. “She was cutting herself and very withdrawn.” They were ...
From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...
Sir, - Separate reviews of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) before 2022 conducted by Dr Sean Maskey (South Kerry) and Dr Colette Halpin (North Kerry) raised significant concerns ...
Families of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) patients have said they are "heartbroken and angry" at the findings of the report into North Kerry CAMHS. The report, commissioned by ...
A series of reports has further laid bare in granular detail the crisis that has been unfolding in some child and adolescent mental health services (Camhs) around the country. The reports, published ...