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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Ella Pickover

Parents left ‘bawling’ trying to get mental health support for children – MP

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An MP has described how parents and grandparents have been left “bawling” while waiting for up to four years for initial mental health assessments for children.

Rosie Duffield, Labour MP for Canterbury, said that every week she is contacted by a constituent who is struggling to get support from their local child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

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