title: Commitment needed to improve mental health care for children.
abstract: Your story 'Looked after children's mental health needs are being ignored' (news May 4) highlights the huge challenges young people in care can face in accessing mental health services.
authors.forename: Nick
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Harrop
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009937:Organizational Objectives; D013222:State Medicine / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006113:United Kingdom