Welsh Government consults on new Mental Health and Wellbeing Strategy News Published 4 Apr 2024 Members and counselling organisations can help shape future of Welsh mental health and wellbeing services
BACP's response to the CQC’s report on children and young people's mental health News Published 8 Mar 2018 BACP is part of the Expert Advisory Group for the Care Quality Commission led Children and Young People’s Mental Health Review which today published its 'Review of children and young people's mental health services: Phase two report'.
Suicide prevention resources To mark World Suicide Prevention Day 2021, we're featuring a range of suicide-related presentations, articles and good practice resources for members
Policy asks relating to older people's mental health News Published 25 May 2017 General Election 2017: There has been an important shift in attitudes towards mental health. Politicians, celebrities and other prominent figures now talk openly about their experiences with mental health.
NCS mental health programme offers too little, to too few, too late News Published 17 Aug 2017 Theresa May has today announced mental health training as part of the National Citizen Service (NCS) programme.
News Journals Published 11 Mar 2020 A round-up of the latest findings, figures and policy updates affecting CYPF. BACP Children, Young People and Families, March 2020
Referrals to CAMHS up by a third News Published 15 May 2018 A BBC report has highlighted a worrying increase in the number of children being referred to specialist mental health services
New report shows a quarter of children aren’t getting access to mental health care News Published 15 Sep 2017 BACP is concerned by findings in the Education Policy Institute (EPI) report which shows that over a quarter of children referred to specialist mental health services were not accepted into those services.
BACP shares Childline’s concern over high suicide counselling numbers News Published 17 Oct 2017 According to the 2016/17 Childline annual review, Not Alone Anymore, 22,456 counselling sessions were delivered to young people dealing with thoughts of ending their own lives - a rise of 15% compared to the previous year.
BACP comment on the Referendum on the UK’s Membership of the European Union News Published 29 Jun 2016 BACP has not taken a position on the EU Referendum. As a professional body with over 40,000 members with diverse views and opinions it would be impossible and inappropriate for BACP to put forward a representative view on this complicated subject which is outside of our core business and charitable objectives.