Significant progress has been made to Children and Young People's Mental Health Services, but a chasm remains between the current levels of NHS services and what children need, the children's commissioner for England has warned.
While the NHS has made tangible progress in the provision of mental health services for children, the current system is [...]
There were almost a thousand children in care living over 150 miles away from the area they would call home, the children's commissioner has warned.
At 31st March 2018, four in ten children in care in England were living ‘out of area’, with more than 11,000 children living more than 20 miles from their home [...]
The Childrens Commissioner for England has urged the government to take action after analysis has shown that 18 per cent of children are leaving education at 18 failing to reach five GCSEs grade A* to C, or equivalent technical qualifications.
Anne Longfield has published research showing that 98,799 children in England (18% of all school [...]
Childrens manifesto launched setting out what young people want: Children have reported that they want a Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service counsellor, police and youth workers in schools, which should be open in the evening and at weekends.
Ahead of any upcoming General Election, the children's commissioner for England has published 'Guess How Much We [...]
The care system is shifting from predominantly babies and younger children being in care to an "explosion" in the number of older children and teenagers becoming looked after, the children's commissioner has warned.
As she published the 2019 Stability Index, Anne Longfield said the profile and needs of children in care has changed over the last [...]
The childrens commissioner for England has warned of more than 200 children who are "invisible" in the system.
Anne Longfield has warned of 211 children whose Deprivation of Liberty has been authorised by a court, who are locked away but whose whereabouts in the system is invisible.
These children do not show up in published data because [...]
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