Almost half of children in care have a diagnosable mental health disorder and a report from the committee also finds that Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) are turning away vulnerable young people in care because they have not met high thresholds for treatment or because they do not have a stable placement.
Under statutory guidance, children in care should never be refused a service on grounds of their placement.
Highlighting this key problem, the report includes the story of one 16-year-old young woman in foster care who said she had been waiting for CAMHS for more than two-and-a-half years but had been unable to access services because she had moved 13 times during that time period.
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