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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas

Calls for £1bn to save ‘buckling’ mental health services as suicidal children are turned away

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Suicidal children are being turned away and the most vulnerable put at risk as mental health services “buckle” under demand, a new report has warned.

A review led by former children’s commission Anne Longfield has called for the UK’s prospective prime ministers to commit to £1 billion in funding for children and young people’s mental health services.

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