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After phoning to inquire about my daughters one year check, I was disappointed to hear that these no longer took place. I can appreciate that budgets are tight & cut backs need to be made, but I feel this is an important milestone for babies to be checked at. I also believe that the removal of this check puts more babies of those parents who may require support that won't come forward for the voluntary clinics at risk. Lewisham have not made these changes, so why have you? The pre-school starting checks are often too late for children that may have slipped under the radar.

My daughter has been under CAMHS for a short while.

It has taken us quite a time to get to see CAMHS but it has been a god send. CAMHS, in many ways, just isn't for the children. The knowledge you have, as a parent, that there is a place that is working with you to help your child gives you the strength to continue on when it feels your world is falling apart.

Our daughter suffers every day, the effect on our house is too much to endure and we do not have the tools to help her. CAMHS does, it has wonderful, dedicated people, who's sole focus is to help the child (and support the family).

It isn't easy, and most times you feel so inadaquate, but persevere for the sake of your child as CAMHS does make a difference.

I wish CAMHS were given more of a role in schools and within everyday life. It appears, for our children, that life is far more complex than it was when I was a child. There is more to contend with and you are under the microscope more than ever now with social media. As a child, when you are so vunerable, it can feel that things are out of control and there is no where to hide. We, as a society, need to acknowledge the vunerability of children and put measures in play to assist them earlier, before they start to shatter. CAMHS has the people and understanding to do this, I cannot understand why it is not more funded and given greater latitude.

I am not sure I have the words to say how much CAMHS has meant to my daughter or our family, anything I can think of seems to undervalue what they give.

If you are a parent reading this or a child reaching out for help, pick up the phone and call CAMHS, they can help. Make the first step. :-)

Thank you.

Hi I was a patient under the HTT I found ALL the staff and nurses were kind and helpful to me.

I would like to say Thank You to everyone who looked after me in my time of need.

Terrible, if I could give no stars then I would. I was there a month. The consultant psychiatrist wanted me out from day one. I was pretty much left to my own devices and even though I couldn't go out on my own because I was so scared of doing something stupid, I would take another patient with me to the local shop next door. They simply would not listen to what I was telling them. Then on a Friday evening I was given 20 minutes to get my stuff together because they wanted to cart me to some urine soaked drug addled bed and breakfast even further away from my family. I had to fight like a hellcat to remain over the weekend, I pleaded with them that I was not ready to go back into the outside world. When I was discharged 4 days later I ended up in another mental health unit far away from there less than 40 hours later. I got better more intensive help at another place than I could ever have got at green parks house. They just wanted to move people on without helping you. AVOID THIS PLACE AT ALL COSTS, THEY DO NOT CARE ABOUT YOU! This place should close as quickly as possible and the consultants should be retrained. It was truly a waste of time being there