A study led by the University of Bristol, in collaboration with University of Central Lancashire, found many GPs and practice nurses are uncertain how to manage consultations involving children exposed
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A woman with mental health difficulties has been awarded £3,000 damages after a judge concluded that her son had been unlawfully taken from her care by local authority social services
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The Scottish Government is consulting on plans to introduce new legal protections against the ill-treatment or wilful neglect of Children under the age of 18 accessing services in Scotland. Views
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Over the coming weeks, the Scotland’s Commissioner for Children and Young People (SCCYP) will be running a short series of blogs on child poverty in Scotland from voices across the
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Moving house regularly can cause significant distress to young foster children from “traumatic backgrounds” who crave stability, a children’s charity has warned. Almost one in four foster children in the
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Almost half of children have been bullied with most of the abuse taking place at school, a study has found. A quarter of young people said they were picked on
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The Scottish Government has confirmed it will provide £10.1 million to councils to raise kinship care allowances to the same level foster care families receive. The funding announcement follows the
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Social services bosses have taken High Court action in a bid to protect a 13-year-old girl who has been taken to Sudan by her mother and is feared to be
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Almost 100 children suffering from mental health problems caused by abuse contacted Childline every week last year, new figures show. The NSPCC’s free, 24-hour service undertook 85,000 counselling sessions in
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This study used a survey, literature reviews and consultation with young people and experts to examine ways of preventing domestic abuse for children and young people. Preventative interventions include programmes
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