NHS Tayside has stopped all new referrals for ADHD and autism to its Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) due to increased demand for assessments. The health board said the nationwide ...

The number of children with serious mental health and behavioural problems awaiting an initial assessment by Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) is 2,229. One third of these children ...

In a follow up to our investigation in April, the House has learned thousands of children with suspected ADHD and autism are suffering “severe and irrevocable damage” to their futures, as they wait up ...

Child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS) in the UK are “complex” and “fragmented”, leaving many kids with a poor experience of care. These were the findings from a Care Quality Commission ...

A new £1.5 million specialist centre transforming the way children and young people in Lanarkshire receive mental health care has been officially opened. Maree Todd MSP, Minister for Social Care, ...

Thousands of children are to be given more access to mental health support and therapy at school under a scheme tested by Surrey County Council. It comes as waiting times for assessments for children ...

A 15-year-old boy affected by the care he received at South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) has had a settlement of €92,500 approved by the High Court. This is the first case ...

A 15-year-old boy affected by the care he received at South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) has had a settlement of €92,500 approved by the High Court. This is the first case ...

Sir, – It was very encouraging to read Paul Cullen’s article “Emergency department overcrowding: ‘People get left behind because there’s nobody at home’” (News, December 2nd) regarding St Luke’s ...