GP referrals to become strict, owning to children rejected by NHS mental health trusts

GPs are facing increasing difficulties in getting child referrals accepted by NHS mental health trusts in England, unless the patients are severely mentally unwell, as determined by a Pulse investigation.

The analysis used by 29 NHS mental health trusts in England found, only a third accepts patients with ‘severe/significant’ conditions for specialist child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

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