When your 16-year-old daughter is suffering with severe depression to the point that she is coming to you and telling you she does not want to live anymore and begging you to help, all Cliff Villages Medical Practice Doctors want to do is refer her to the absolute incompetent camhs service which should be investigated for their appalling treatment towards children. They (camhs) told my daughter “That she was attention seeking” but when you go back 4-5 times to Cliff Villages Medical Practice they still refused to help. They even lie to you by saying that anti-depressants don’t work for under 18’s. They forget their oath to do everything to save a life. Instead, they refuse to treat her and make her situation worse. How can any caring, committed Doctor turn away a young girl who is screaming for help. Thanks partly to Cliff Villages Medical Practice, my beautiful daughter is now an empty shell with no one except her dedicated parents (who have to keep a 24/7 watch on her) for support. Refusing someone medication based only on age (which is what they have done) is discrimination and a breach of the Equalities Act. Disgusting to the point that I am now looking at legal action in a desperate attempt to get my daughter the medical attention she so desperately needs. Be very aware if you have young children who also suffer. This seems the trend in Lincolnshire “Oh well they are only children; they will get over it and we will sort out the mess their lives have become once they are 18” Disgusting just unbelievably disgusting. Any Doctor who has this attitude should be struck off and never allowed to practise ever again.