Children as young as ten have made calls to Childline saying that they are suicidal John Challicom / NSPCC / PAThe NHS has been forced to deny mental health treatment to tens of thousands of children in the past two years amid a chronic lack of provision. Seventeen per cent of referrals to Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) were rejected between 2015 and 2017, equivalent to 150 a day, new figures reveal. In all 652,023 cases were referred to NHS trusts in England, mostly by GPs and other professionals, with 109,613 rejected. Many more children are likely to have been denied treatment because less than half of trusts responded to the NSPCC’s request for figures. The head of NHS England has warned that the service may have to abandon key…

Source: The Times November 10, 2017 09:00 UTC