Government plans to improve access to mental health care in schools and colleges lack ambition, leaving hundreds of thousands of children without the support they need, MPs have warned. A
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A residential child care worker from Wrexham has been removed from the Register of Social Care Workers after a Social Care Wales fitness to practise hearing found her fitness to
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One in nine young adults in Scotland has attempted suicide, according to new research. The study of 18-34-year-olds also found that one in six (16.2%) report having self harmed at
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The Department of Health [DoH] and Department of Education [DE] have launched a public consultation on the draft Strategy for Looked After Children: Improving Children’s Lives. Both departments have pledged
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Ministers have been accused of breaking their promise to cut the numbers of children being “farmed out” to children’s homes huge distances from where they were brought up and live.
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A new website designed to encourage people to consider taking up a career in childcare in Scotland has been launched today. The website, developed the website in partnership with the
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The proposed closure of key children’s services at a hospital has sparked claims from patient campaigners that lives could be at risk. Health chiefs have said a temporary closure of
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The unequal distribution of children’s homes demonstrates the “continuing catastrophic failure” of the care system for some youngsters, a Labour MP has warned. Ann Coffey said children were being placed
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The findings of a review into the early deaths of people with learning disabilities show a “much worse picture” than previous reports, Labour has warned. Asking an urgent Commons question
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A man has been charged with the attempted kidnap and attempted sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl who was grabbed after she posted a letter. The girl was attacked as
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