Children Are Being 'Unforgivably Failed', Says the RCN

Children are being 'unforgivably failed', says the RCN

Children attending A&E in mental health crisis as RCN calls for wider roll-out of mental health A&Es.

Children in mental health crisis being ‘unforgivably failed’ by NHS

Two royal colleges have blamed a “catastrophic system-wide failure” for a mental health crisis in children and young people in England.

‘Frankly barbaric’ A&E waits for children in mental health crisis

Children experiencing a mental health crisis are being forced to spend up to three days in A&E before a specialist bed becomes available, NHS figures show. The findings, published on Wednesday, have sparked outrage among healthcare professionals, with one children’s nurse describing the delays as ‘frankly barbaric and warning they’re…

Warning of “catastrophic failure” as half a million children attend A&E in mental health crisis

RCN analysis shows 500,000 children have attended A&E in a mental health crisis since 2019, prompting calls for urgent reform and specialist emergency units.