More than one million children were referred to mental health services across England last year, with one in 10 now facing a diagnosis, a worrying report has revealed.

There is 'no doubt that we are facing a crisis in young people's mental health,' the children's commissioner Dame Rachel de Souza has said in a revealing report

Commissioner calls for overhaul of state support after reporting 10% rise in young patient referrals last year

The number of active referrals has almost doubled from 563,639 in 2018-19, with a 9.5 per cent increase in the last year alone

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More than one million children were referred to mental health services across England last year, with one in 10 now facing a diagnosis, a worrying report has revealed.