Barnardos Survey shows delays in children’s health assessments

A survey of parents has backed up figures showing serious delays in families accessing mental and physical health assessments for their children.

Children’s charity Barnardos conducted the survey which showed more than half of parents questioned said they had been waiting for at least a year for their child to receive a speech and language assessment. Some 15% of respondents said they had been waiting for more than two years.

Likewise, more than half of those questioned by Barnardos said they had waited for more than a year for their child to receive S&L treatment, including 29% waiting more than two years.