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The general public, people of all ages with lived experience of mental health conditions and those who support people with mental ill-health are urged to respond to a 12-week call for evidence to inform a new 10-year mental health plan and a refreshed National Suicide Prevention Plan seeking views on what can be improved within the current service, particularly in light of the pandemic which has led to record levels of people seeking treatment.
Children and young people are being sent hundreds of miles away from home for mental health treatment - with sometimes deadly consequences - despite a government pledge to end these placements by the end of last year.