Mother fails in attempt to block christian adoption
A woman has failed in a legal bid to prevent her two-year-old son being adopted by practising Christians who are not a “religious match”. The woman wanted to revoke an
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PHE launch campaign in bid to reduce sugar intake of children
Parents are being encouraged to cut back on the amount of sugar they feed their children in a new Public Health England (PHE) campaign launched today. It comes as a
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CYP mental health support should be available online – Lamb
Young people experiencing mental health problems should have access to therapy online, the care minister has said, as he warned that GPs must not put patients on anti-depressants as a
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Twice as many representing themselves in family court cases
The number of family court cases involving contact with children in which neither party are represented by lawyers have nearly doubled in the last year, a report on the impact
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Family Hubs plan to resolve family and social care crisis
Charity 4Children has set out plans to create new Children and Family Hubs in every disadvantaged locality – building on and extending the approach to integrated support pioneered in Sure
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Children’s mental health services ‘ten years behind’
A growing number of vulnerable young people are being put at risk because of “serious and deeply ingrained problems” in children’s mental health services, a critical report by the Health
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Government name preferred Children’s Commissioner candidate
Charity boss Anne Longfield has been named as the Government’s preferred candidate to become the next children’s commissioner. In a letter to the cross-party Commons education select committee, Education Secretary
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Homeless children suffering severe emotional distress
Some 90,000 children will wake up homeless this Christmas in Britain, equating to three children for every school in the country, according to a report from Shelter. An investigation by
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New bereavement care plan for NI families
Health Minister Jim Wells, has launched the new Regional Bereavement Careplan for parents and families who experience miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death, today in Parliament Buildings. This new Careplan, replaces
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Lord David Hope to deliver 2014 Kilbrandon Lecture
This years Kilbrandon Lecture will be delivered by Lord David Hope of Craighead, former Lord President of the Court of Session and Lord Justice General. Lord Hope will reflect on
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