X’s case is only latest in shocking saga of children’s mental health care

Judge’s candour over ‘disgraceful lack of provision’ for vulnerable 17-year-old again highlights CAMHS’ inadequacy – but nothing changes

Sir James Munby’s 19-page judgment on X’s situation contains many views expressed with notably more candour than appeal court judges usually deploy.

But one in particular will resonate with children with mental health problems and their families who have endured frustration, agony and even fear from experiencing the postcode lottery of trying to find what in NHS-speak is a tier 4 CAMHS bed – a place in a children and adolescent mental health services inpatient unit for an under-18 whose condition means they require round-the-clock care.

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