The Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety (DHSSPS) has today published the ‘Children Adopted from Care in Northern Ireland 2013/14’ statistical bulletin. This bulletin details statistical information relating
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The number of children being put forward for adoption has nearly halved, figures show. In the three months to September last year there were 1,830 initial decisions by local authorities
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A new service to speed up the adoption process in Wales has been launched by First Minister Carwyn Jones and the Minister for Health and Social Services Mark Drakeford. Launched
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Children, grandchildren and other relatives of adopted adults will now be able to trace back through their ancestors’ lives, under new rules published today. Previously, only the person adopted and
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The children and grandchildren of adopted people could have the right to make contact with their parent’s birth family under plans announced by the Welsh Government. The Deputy Minister for
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New funding is to be made available to help adopted children settle in with their new families, the Government has announced. The money will go towards providing services such as
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The adoption process in Wales is to be speeded up under a new national service being introduced later this year. The National Adoption Service for Wales will start in November,
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New rules to speed up the adoption system and aim to get more children a stable, loving home without delay will come into force in July. The changes will attempt
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SCOTLAND’S social care regulator, the Care Inspectorate, has praised an Edinburgh-based fostering and adoption service. The services, provided by BAAF (Scotland), received top marks across the board at two consecutive
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The profoundly life changing process of adoption is uncovered in this new four part series, which starts tonight on ITV. ‘Wanted: A Family Of My Own’ follows the stories of
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