Death rate three to four times higher than among general population blamed on isolation of those leaving care
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NHS ombudsman warns of years-long waits and patients paying thousands to go private as demand for services soars
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Nearly a quarter of households with children under five are experiencing food poverty, rising to one in two among single-parent families, according to analysis by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) think...
Thinktank says unauthorised absence is ‘a leading cause’ of performance gap between disadvantaged pupils and peers
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Mental health charities in England are struggling to cope with the number of sick patients referred to them by GPs, with under-qualified professionals increasingly tasked with treating the seriously ill. Read the full...
The government has amended its Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill to expand corporate parenting responsibilities of councils across the public sector. Under the amendment all government departments, schools, NHS...
An overhaul of safeguarding practice is needed to tackle a failure to address racism and racial bias, say experts. The call has been made by the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel, based on reviews of more than 50...
There is a risk that disadvantaged children may not be benefitting from billions of pounds of Department for Education funding given to schools to narrow the attainment gap, an influential group of MPs have said. In a...
Practitioners are failing children at significant risk of sexual abuse, warn analysts who have revealed a record 8% drop in identification of the harm compared with last year. In 2023/24, children’s services placed...
A scammer used AI to paste a teenage boy’s face onto a naked body before extorting him for cash, the new head of the NSPCC has warned in a stark example of the new horrors facing children online. Read the full article...
Closer collaboration between local authorities and higher education is among recommendations for tackling barriers in ‘Pathways into and through higher education for young people with experience of children’s...
The free school meal (FSM) system in England is blighted by flaws in its design that mean children in poverty are missing out, a think-tank has warned. Read the full article on this link to Children & Young People...
Leading child doctors have joined calls for a complete ban on smacking children in England, saying there is no evidence it has any positive effect on their wellbeing.
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