Care experience - Scottish Children’s Services Coalition

September 5, 2023

Coalition calls on Scottish Government to up its game over children’s mental health

The Scottish Children’s Services Coalition is calling on the Scottish Government to up its game over children’s mental health as it publishes its Programme for Government.

June 6, 2023

Coalition urges political consensus in tackling mental health emergency

The Scottish Children’s Services Coalition is calling for political consensus to tackle the mental health emergency. The call comes as the latest waiting time figures indicate that 469 children and young people had been waiting for over a year for treatment.

May 26, 2023

Call for greater resourcing as spending to support vulnerable children is slashed

The Scottish Children's Services Coalition calls on greater resourcing to support those with additional support needs (ASN), as new figures reveal that spending per pupil on those with ASN has been slashed over the last decade.

March 7, 2023

Coalition of providers of children's services urges new First Minister to focus on mental health

The Scottish Children's Services Coalition calls on the new First Minister to make mental health a priority as new figures highlight that just under a third of children and young people are not being seen within the government's waiting time target.

March 6, 2023

Supporting Scottish Apprenticeship Week - letter to the media

Letter to the media from the Scottish Children's Services Coalition, supporting Scottish Apprenticeship Week and the need for employers to look beyond the label when they take on an apprentice.

February 6, 2023

Supporting Children's Mental Health Week - letter to the media

Letter to the media from the Scottish Children's Services Coalition, supporting Children's Mental Health Week and the need for a national crusade to ensure that our children and young people get the care and support that they need when they need it.

January 20, 2023

Autism commissioner call - letter to the media

Letter to the media from the Scottish Children's Services Coalition, reinforcing calls for an autism commissioner to promote and protect the rights of autistic people in Scotland and for greater urgency from the Scottish Government in delivering this.

December 13, 2022

Concerns raised as record high of Scottish pupils identified with additional support needs while statutory support falls

The Scottish Children's Services has called for increased resourcing as figures indicate an increase in the number of pupils identified with additional support needs.

December 6, 2022

Children’s service providers urge budget for mental health as almost a third of children not seen within waiting time target

The Scottish Children’s Services Coalition calls for a budget for mental health as almost a third of children and young people are not being seen within the Scottish Government's waiting time target.

December 1, 2022

Children's service providers urge government to up its game over number of mentally ill young people being treated in adult wards

The Scottish Children's Services Coalition calls for an increased number of specialist hospital beds for the treatment of young people with mental illness.

1 2 3 … 18 Next »