Month: February 2024

The number of children referred for emergency mental healthcare in England has soared by more than 50% in three years.
The Guardian reports more than 32,000 emergency and urgent referrals were made to child and mental health services in 2022-23 – equivalent to more than 600 a week.

The number of children referred for emergency mental healthcare in England has soared by more than 50% in three years, it says, citing data by the Royal College of Psychiatrists.