Rising numbers of children in mental health crisis ending up in A&E

BBC UK Tuesday 01 September 2026, 23:38 UTC 1 min read

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NHS emergency departments are seeing more cases of self-harm, eating disorders and emotional distress in young people.

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A college football player who died after collapsing on the sideline last week had no known underlying health conditions and was immediately attended to by multiple onsite medical workers with automated external defibrillators, the school's interim president told ESPN. William Jewell College interim president Drew Van Horn said the team doctor and on-site emergency medical personnel immediately started trying to resuscitate running back MicahJo Barnett, who was later pronounced dead at a...

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Rising numbers of children in mental health crisis ending up in A&E

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