Extract from Committee stage (Commons) of the Domestic Abuse Bill - June 16
Wednesday, 17 June 2020 08:46
Jess Phillips (Birmingham, Yardley) (Lab):...It is also well known
that the consequences of domestic abuse are significant and
wide-ranging. Brain development can be affected, impacting
cognitive and sensory growth. There are associated personality and
behavioural problems, and a greater prevalence of suicidal
tendencies and depression. Pro Bono Economics has advised that
childhood exposure to severe domestic violence can increase the
number of children in the UK with conduct disorders by...Request free trial
(Birmingham, Yardley)
(Lab):...It is also well known that the consequences of domestic
abuse are significant and wide-ranging. Brain development can be
affected, impacting cognitive and sensory growth. There are
associated personality and behavioural problems, and a greater
prevalence of suicidal tendencies and depression. Pro Bono
Economics has advised that childhood exposure to severe domestic
violence can increase the number of children in the UK with conduct
disorders by around 25,000 to 75,000, and the number with
hyperactivity disorders by around 10,000 to 25,000. Conduct
disorders are the most common type of mental and behavioural
problem in children and young people. They are characterised by a
repeated and persistent pattern of antisocial, aggressive or
defiant behaviour, much worse than would normally be expected in a
child of that age. I hasten to add that that is quite a gendered
view of those disorders. Often when girls present with attention
deficit hyperactivity disorder or Autism spectrum disorder, it
presents in a different way, and those ways are often
ignored...
...The reality at the moment is that people are waiting for
years. That is not just the case in Birmingham, Yardley. Berkshire
Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust reported a wait of 799 days between
referral and the start of an Autism assessment, North
Staffordshire Combined Healthcare NHS Trust reported a wait of 637
days, and South West Yorkshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust
reported a wait of 535 days. To get a final diagnosis can take up
to 1,288 days, as was reported in Northern, Eastern and Western
Devon clinical commissioning group. It appears to be another
example of a postcode lottery...
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