Is this really necessary?

[Dayofpeace]

Got this email from school -
"Good morning
The CAHMS session on Thursday 15th September is cancelled due to the period of mourning for the Queen."

Is it reasonable to cancel children's mental health sessions for this reason? I thought that CAHMS was very underfunded and with a massive backlog, how is this going to help anything?

I saw that cancer patients were also having some of their treatments cancelled / rescheduled for the same reason.

I've always rather liked the Royal Family (well, the productive ones anyway 😄, but this just feels so wrong.

Of course not. Ridiculous. Hospital appointments cancelled and surgeries closed. Some planes cancelled as they were flying over 'the routes'. Seriously - utterly ridiculous.

I could understand if it was for Monday but there is no reason to cancel an appointment for tomorrow.

Unfortunately, because the schools are closed, pretty much everywhere is going to have a huge staffing problem as loads and loads of people will be off taking care of their kids. Hence, essential services are on bank holidays. It sucks but there's no way round it.

Ignore me, it's not the BH. That's shit. They're shit.

Yes if the OP was talking about Monday but she is talking about tomorrow

It's fucking despicable what some 'caring' organisations are doing in the ridiculous name of respect.

Agree it's not right

No it's not necessary, the country has gone crazy .

Forward the email to your MP. If it was the bank holiday then you wouldn't really be able to complain but a random day in the week? No. Not on.
Are they having the full 10 days as a holiday?

Email your MP. Also send it to some journalists who are covering all the unnecessary cancellations outside of the bank holiday.

Yanbu this is now out of hand. Wtf does this Thursday have to do with anything ?

Yanbu it's crap. I've had my smear test cancelled too.

It is annoying that services are announcing this and saying it is 'out of respect'. More like because they see everyone else getting the day off work and want one too.

Who else is getting Thirsday 15th off work?

Absolutely bat shit crazy ridiculous

So who is off work for the whole mourning period ....no one!

It's madness!

How bizzare, DS and I had our CHAMS appointment today.

We had a phone call on Monday, so after she had died to say DS had gone to the top of the list, despite a referral only going in 6 weeks ago and we were offered today!

We also spent near on 2 hours with the consultant 😳

The country has gone mad. Anyone watching the media coverage from abroad must think we are insane.

Dd has her appointment Thursday...

As you say the email came from school I assume this is about CAMHS visiting the school to do a planned information session or activity with a group of children, rather than a CAMHS appointment/assessment for an individual child? If CAMHS are having to close on the 19th (likely as staff will probably be entitled to BH off) then they may be having to cancel non-urgent work happening over the next few days so they can reschedule urgent appointments/assessments that would have happened on the 19th. It is shit though. Sorry, OP.

"we're not going to give your child the help they desperately need out of respect for the Queen".

Absolute lazy arse morons. I don't think they should be in the role of helping children with that attitude.

Don’t blame the royals. There is no justifiable reason nor has anyone been told to close things on a Thursday. If it was the bank holiday then I’d understand.