our social affairs editor alison holt has been following the story of molly and her family for almost a year now. this is her report. this is molly. she is 16 and has autism. it s at the root of her deep anxiety and eating problems. i ve been talking to molly and her parents since last summer. their experience exposes a health and care system which is failing too many young people. the health services don t do anything until you are almost dead. there is no long term strategy, there is no planning really other than reacting to crisis. the queen alexandra hospital in portsmouth is a busy general hospital, not a mental health unit, yet molly has spent most of the last seven months in a side room on a children s ward here. her sensory needs mean she usually sleeps on pillows and cushions on the floor. she was here mainly because there was nowhere else suitable, but this environment overloads her senses. when she becomes distressed her behaviour can become challenging.
no appropriate support when they reach a crisis. the nhs in her area has apologised. our social affairs editor alison holt has been following the story of molly and her family for almost a year now. this is her report. this is molly. she is 16 and has autism. it s at the root of her deep anxiety and eating problems. i ve been talking to molly and her parents since last summer. their experience exposes a health and care system which is failing too many young people. mental health services don t do anything until you are almost dead. there is no long term strategy, there is no planning, really, other than reacting to crisis. the queen alexandra hospital in portsmouth is a busy general hospital, not a mental health unit, yet molly has spent most of the last seven months in a side room on a children s ward here. her sensory needs mean she usually sleeps on pillows and cushions on the floor.
was punctuated with hope and energy and humour. a joke about the weather although it has been lovely this morning. he said to the crowd this is a future you will write and he was a very proud to be part of it. some breaking news we are getting from our article editor, that party leaders and northern ireland have now held a very brief conversation with president biden, talks took place on a side room at ulster university and we are hearing he did meet with netiquette leaders ahead of his speech. the ulster unionist leader said they
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