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Parents and Teachers must be supported to do more for children's mental health
Teachers alone cannot be the guardians of child mental health, writes ACP member Rachel Melville Thomas. We need "increased funding of expert professionals we already have, enabling them to... More
Developing the long-term plan for the NHS
The ACP responded to the consultation on the long-term plan for the NHS. We only heard about the consultation at the last moment but were able to put in a response based on other recent documents... More
BBC Panorama: Kids in Crisis
On the 24 September BBC Panorama aired the programme Kids in Crisis which followed presenter Sean Fletcher, whose own teenage son has been hospitalised with severe obsessive... More
Young people in coastal areas 'less able to access mental health support
Children with mental health problems in many coastal areas across Britain are less able to access support despite having greater need, according to evidence submitted to a parliamentary inquiry.... More
Impact Assessment - Value of training child psychotherapists
We have completed an Impact Assessment which demonstrates the Value of the NHS funding the training of child Psychotherapists, and what would be lost were the current funding arrangements to be... More
Society pays later for not giving vulnerable children a good start
Read ACP member Peter Toolan's letter in the Guardian
Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities
The ACP responded to a House of Lords Select Committee inquiry on Regenerating Seaside Towns and Communities. Although the committee is not focussing on mental health this was an opportunity to make... More
ACP submits evidence to The First 1000 Days Inquiry
The ACP has submitted evidence to the Health and Social Care Committee Inquiry into the First 1000 Days of Life. Members of the ACP working in this crucial area provided an excellent resource of... More
Five Year Forward View for Mental Health
The ACP responded to the All Party Parliamentary Group on Mental Health inquiry into the Five Year Forward View for Mental Health. The ACP’s response focussed specifically on the 5YFV for... More
The Guardian view on self-harm: we live in uniquely pressurised times, and girls are suffering
ACP Member, Margot Waddell's new book, On Adolescence, was quoted in The Guardian editorial on self-harm: "There is no doubt but that, for the moment, we have a generation of struggling... More
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