And a Sunday Mirror investigation – launched after the Tories pledged £1.4billion to transform young people’s mental health care – has revealed a shameful postcode lottery of waiting times. Our Time to Change campaign is fighting to end discrimination against people with mental health conditions – and our latest findings shocked health experts. We used Freedom of Information laws to discover one child is still waiting for treatment from the West London Mental Health Trust after a staggering 156 weeks. But the real numbers will be higher, as half of the 60 mental health trusts in England did not respond to our request for data. NHS England said access to mental health services will “significantly expand” by 2021.

Source: Daily Mirror September 15, 2018 20:03 UTC