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A survey of 1,100 school leaders found that delays to assessments, insufficient budgets and cuts to local authorities were hampering the ability to cope. Department for Education (DfE) statistics published last year showed there were more than 1.3 million children in England - 15% of pupils - identified as having special educational needs or disabilities. Of these, 1.1 million are in mainstream schools rather than special schools. The study by The Key, which provides leadersh

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A Royal College of Psychiatrists' report has revealed that tens of thousands of over 65s are missing out on vital support and risking serious deterioration in their mental health because of arbitrary age limits. The figures are truly shocking. For every 1 million older people with depression, 850,000 receive no treatment whatsoever. While 50% of younger adults with depression are referred to mental health services, only 6% of older people will receive a referral. In a recent

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The first national review by NHS England has suggests that black and ethnic minority staff are more likely to report being bullied or harassed than their white colleagues. The report, which covers all NHS trusts in England, calls for attitudes and behaviour to change. NHS England chief executive Simon Stevens said the results were "deeply concerning and a clear call to action". Joan Saddler, who co-chairs the NHS equality and diversity council (EDC), said although trusts had

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The Children's Commissioner obtained data from 48 of England's 60 child and adolescent mental health service trusts, and discovered 28% of child referrals were denied specialist treatment - mostly on the grounds that their illness was not serious enough. A review by the Children's Commissioner also found that 13% with life-threatening conditions were not allowed specialist support. It also found that those who secured treatment faced lengthy delays, with an average waiting t