🚨 Children as young as 6 are increasingly attending A&E in mental health crisis, analysis shows

Increasing numbers of young children are ending up in hospital emergency departments in a mental health crisis because their families or carers don’t know where else to turn, official data have indicated.NHS England data, obtained by the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health (RCPCH), also showed that waiting times of 12 hours were also on the rise among children aged 6-17 attending emergency departments with a recorded mental health related diagnosis or presenting complaint.1Data show that, in 2025, 75…

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