Children and young people

Dozens of children have smoother adoption thanks to unique Sheffield scheme

With the focus on relationships in Mental Health Week, NHS England has put the spotlight on Sheffield where they are helping nurture relationships between adopters, foster carers and children to improve their adoption outcomes and mental health. Almost 50 adopted children have had a smoother transition to their new homes thanks to a fresh £85,000 scheme in […]

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NHS England publishes clinical commissioning policy on adalimumab for children with uveitis

NHS England has today published an interim clinical commissioning policy on the use of adalimumab for children with severe refractory uveitis, recommending its use for patients who meet the clinical criteria it sets out. This policy will benefit children for whom uveitis threatens their sight, and for whom other treatments have proven ineffective. A policy […]

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NHS Youth Forum calls for action

“Hear our voice and act on what we say” was the call today from the NHS Youth Forum. They told the Health and Care Innovation Expo 2015 in Manchester they want to do all they could to help the NHS make services better. Discussing the successes and challenges of services for children and young people […]

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New resource to improve young people’s mental health services

A new resource with tools for commissioning effective mental health services for children and young people has been published. NHS England has published the new model specification for Children and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) targeted and specialist services (tiers 2 and 3) which treat patients with a range of emotional and behavioural difficulties such […]

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