An investigation by mental health charity Mind shows that many areas spend “next to nothing” on preventing mental health problems.
Schools have long experienced problems in accessing Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), many of which have been hit by government austerity measures.
On-going research by the charity YoungMinds has revealed that a majority of clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) and local authorities have reduced or frozen their spending on CAMHS since 2010.
Furthermore, recent NSPCC research found an average waiting time between referral to CAMHS and assessment of more than 26 weeks in some areas. The charity has also discovered that one in five children do not receive the help they need from CAMHS because of the pressure the services are under.
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