Luciana Berger MP, Labour’s Shadow Cabinet Minister for Mental Health, responding to a review of Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services from the Centre for Mental Health, which reveals children wait up to ten years for mental health support, said:

“This study highlights shocking failures in our mental health system. 

"It is outrageous that young people struggling with mental health problems will wait for a decade to receive the right help, especially when we know that getting support early is critical to their long term life chances.

"The Tory Government has repeatedly said that child and adolescent mental health is their priority, but this report shows the gulf between what Tory Ministers promise and what is actually happening across the country. Warm words are not enough for the young people who are suffering on their watch - particularly the most vulnerable groups. We need urgent action now.”