105 children admitted to adult psychiatric units

ADULT psychiatric units admitted 105 children under the age of 18 from January to September this year, and hundreds of young people are on a waiting list for psychiatric services, new figures have shown.

Under new rules, admission of children to adult units must no longer take place and the practice has been widely criticised.

Of the 105 admissions this year, 71 were 17 years old, 29 were 16, and five were under 16 years of age. One young person was admitted to the Central Mental Hospital this year.