More than 80 children admitted to adult psychiatric units last year
The Inspectorate of Mental Health Services has released a slew of reports into units around the country, but also focused on child admissions, which the Government’s mental health policy A Vision for Change recommended in 2006 should be scrapped in favour of dedicated child and adolescent units.
The report showed 91 such admissions last year involving 83 children, with the inspectorate claiming it was “concerned about the high number of children being admitted to adult in- patient units, although this number has decreased since 2009”.
