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Mental health services utterly failed my child

Letters: Parents write of the agonising attempts to access support for their children, in response to an article about a 17-year-old who killed herself while waiting for therapy

The Guardian - UK

The life and death of Jen Bridges-Chalkley: why did a 17-year-old die waiting for NHS therapy?

Jen killed herself after enduring a long wait for the necessary mental health support. Why were so many opportunities missed to save her?

The Guardian - UK

Lost and found: a mother and daughter on surviving teenage mental breakdown in the social media age

In an extract from their unflinching memoir, Christie Watson and her daughter Rowan Egberongbe recall the post-Covid psychological collapse that fractured their bond, and how social media was both the hero and villain of the hour

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Waltham Forest teenager 'hugged mum and told her medication wasn't working' before taking her own life

Emily Burns’ parents said that their daughter was let down ‘when Emily needed the help most’

Evening Standard

Teachers at top academy in Hackney ‘screamed at’ and humiliated pupils, say angry parents

Mossbourne academy accused of bullying and damaging children’s mental health as local authority asked to step in

The Guardian - UK

Ministers urged to end need for mental health hospitals for children by 2030

Researchers said that while access to mental health services has risen, the health system continues to struggle to keep pace with demand.

The Independent UK

‘I’ve had to become my own doctor’: trans young people on life after the Cass review

With puberty blockers now banned in much of the UK, those hoping for gender treatment say they have been forced into difficult decisions

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'Unacceptably long' delay in treatment for teenager who took their own life, coroner says

Sailor Court took their own life while waiting for mental health treatment

Evening Standard

No commitment from ACT govt to fund youth mental health services, audit finds

The system has fallen well short of performance targets.

The Canberra Times

Our children’s services system is broken. This sharp rise in deprivation of liberty orders proves it

Letter: Steven Walker, a retired social worker, is worried by an exponential increase in orders and the issues underlying it

The Guardian - UK

Five thousand children with gender-related distress awaiting NHS care in England

New gender clinics looking at ‘creative ways’ of reducing waiting lists amid shortage of clinicians

The Guardian - UK

‘He hates failing’: mother describes lack of help for autistic son

Kirsti Hadley’s son, 12, had been looking forward to a new school but became burnt out and anxious

The Guardian - UK

Children’s emergency mental health referrals in England soar by 53%

NHS data exposing a ‘devastating explosion’ of mental illness should be a ‘wake-up call’ for the government, MPs and health leaders say

The Guardian - UK

‘We’re trailblazing’: how one council is bridging the gap between health and social care for children

Cornwall Council’s crisis team has seen a reduction in presentations to A&E since the introduction of the multi-agency rapid response service 12 months ago

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The Independent UK

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

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

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

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.

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The Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

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 Guardian - UK

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 Independent UK

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

Child mental health services failing and in need of radical overhaul – watchdog

The Mental Health Commission said the HSE service needs urgent regulation.

Daily Record

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

The Guardian - UK

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

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