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Damage to children’s mental health caused by Covid crisis could last for years without a large-scale increase for children’s mental health services

28 January 2021

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Lockdown school closures mean we need to act now to save children’s education and wellbeing

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UK Children’s Commissioners’ joint report to UN Committeee on the Rights of the Child

18 December 2020

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Hundreds of vulnerable ‘invisible children’ in England are being locked away without any legal protection

27 November 2020

Response to NHS figures on children’s mental health

22 October 2020

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How lockdown affected children’s stress and anxiety

30 September 2020

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Children and stress, what’s worrying them most

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“Angry, fed up, isolated”: Coronavirus and children’s mental health

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Children’s mental health report warns ‘chasm’ remains between what services are available and what children need

30 January 2020

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Children’s manifesto calls on political parties to back six pledges to transform life chances for all kids

7 September 2019

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Insights into the lives of children and young people

Many vulnerable children with learning disabilities are stuck in mental health hospitals for too long in poor conditions

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