More than 25,000 referrals in three years have been made to the Suffolk Emotional Wellbeing Hub supporting youngsters' mental health, data published under the Freedom of Information Act has found.
Mental health campaigner Anne Humphrys
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Support organisations in Suffolk have voiced fears over long waiting lists for young people s mental health services and called for action to prevent future tragedies.
And MP Dr Dan Poulter said there was still a long way to go to cut waiting times for what had been a Cinderella service .
Central Suffolk and North Ipswich MP Dr Dan Poulter, who works in mental health services
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A 17-year-old boy was found in the River Orwell on Tuesday morning, and a 16-year-old boy died in March after falling from the railway viaduct in Spring Road, Ipswich.
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