Suicide-risk children refused places on NHS England waiting lists as services overwhelmed

Teachers warn families hitting ‘brick wall’ when trying to get help for children

Children at risk of suicide are being refused places on waiting lists for mental health services because they are so chronically oversubscribed, according to leading education figures.

A report last month by the Centre for Young Lives and the Child of the North multi-university research programme warned that the NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) are buckling under the strain of a “national epidemic” of children’s mental health problems.

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