More than one million children were referred to mental health services across England last year, with one in ten now facing a diagnosis, a report has revealed.
The latest data from 2024-25 shows the number of children and young people referred to services has almost doubled since 2018-19.
Dame Rachel de Souza, the children’s commissioner who led the report, said the country faced a ‘crisis’ in young people’s mental health.
She added: ‘There is no disguising the fact the figures in this report are stark.’
With referrals rising by 10 per cent in the last year alone, the system is struggling to respond –
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