Children’s mental health must be included in the UK government’s inquiry into its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, a lead psychiatrist said. Dr. Adrian James, president of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, said not all children will be able to bounce back from the impact of the last two years. It comes after campaigners called for a separate COVID-19 inquiry for children, who they say have been “more disproportionately burdened” than any other group. In the draft terms of reference of the UK’s COVID-19 Inquiry published on March 15, the Cabinet Office listed a wide range of areas the inquiry is expected to examine in terms of government responses to the pandemic, including preparedness and resilience, decision-making process, the use of lockdowns and other “non-pharmaceutical” interventions, government spending, and the “restrictions on attendance at places of education.” But the terms did not explicitly mention the words “child,” “children,” or “mental health.” The …
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