A youth mental health charity has called on the government to act as more children and young people than ever turn to mental health services.
New analysis has shown that the number of under-18s referred to Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) has risen by 76 percent since 2019.
Youth charity YoungMinds said in a report on Tuesday that over 1.4 million young people turned to CAMHS in 2022, according to figures from NHS Digital. That compared to 812,070 in 2019.
YoungMinds added that many cases are still on the waiting list and yet to be reviewed.
According to the charity, 2023 marked the second year in a row when the number of children and young people referred to mental health services crossed the 1 million threshold….