Written Question·Department of Health and Social Care·UIN 81573
Mental Health Services: Children
Tabled: 13 October 2025
Answered: 22 October 2025
Question
Richard Quigley
Labour — Isle of Wight West
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many children died while receiving inpatient mental health care in each year since 2010; and what steps his Department is taking to help ensure that (a) these deaths are properly (i) recorded a
Answer
Dr Zubir AhmedSince 2013, there has been a total of 40 deaths of young people aged under 18 years old in contact with Tier 4 inpatient children and young people’s mental health services, including those on home leave, or who had absconded. We are unable to provide the ...
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