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NCPS Responds to the Children's Commissioner Report: The Big Ambition: Ambitions, Findings, and Solutions

The Children's Commissioner has just released a new report titled "The Big Ambition: Ambitions, Findings, and Solutions". The report covered a wide range of issues related to children and young people...

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Government Must Unlock the Trauma Trap: NCPS contribute to new APPG report

The Fit and Healthy Childhood All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has called upon the Government to unlock the trauma trap of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) and free the nation’s children with ...

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Recognising the value and contribution of the specialist sexual violence sector

In 2011, the UK Government estimated that each adult rape costs over £96,000 in terms of criminal justice processes, health services, and financial costs. It did not include personal or emotional cost...

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Government funding of £10 million to support suicide prevention

The Government have announced an additional £10 million in funding to support charities working to prevent suicides.We're delighted to share that our Organisational Member, Papyrus Prevention of Young...

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Extra funding for Early Support Hubs

The government has announced additional funding for Early Support Hubs. In October 2023, they shared that £4.92 million would be made available to support 10 Early Support Hubs, and this figure has no...

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The King's Fund: Mental health 360 review

The King's Fund has published a '360 degree' review of mental health care.There is, regrettably, no mention in this report of counselling/psychotherapy, or the role that those practitioners play in su...

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NCPS Releases New Report Shedding Light on Challenges in Mental Health Support in Education

26% of the nation's children lack access to mental health support that experts believe is a vital component of mental health support provision. These are the findings of new research undertaken by NCP...

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NCPS Responds to the BMA Report: Doctors’ experiences on the frontline of a failing mental healthcare system

We're grateful to read the British Medical Association (BMA)'s report on the mental health care system, and to learn about the experiences of doctors that are working within the system.The report shar...

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School- and College-based Counselling in England - joint statement

In response to the worsening mental health situation for children and young people in England Citizens UK, the largest civil society federation across the UK, has allied with the NASUWT, BACP, NAHT, N...

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