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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Rebecca Thomas

Children making multiple suicide attempts before getting NHS mental health care, charity warns

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Children are making multiple suicide attempts before they can access NHS mental health care as stretched services struggle to cope with demand, a new report warns.

The charity Look Ahead said “limited capacity, staffing and wait times” were cited by all families it interviewed and found “these challenges of service delivery are real, exasperating and extremely damaging”.

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