The quality of help and protection offered to at-risk children across England is “unsatisfactory and inconsistent”, a report has found. The chair of an influential House of Commons committee said
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The quality and safety of care services for elderly and disabled people in England risks being undermined by financial pressures, a watchdog has warned. Data gathered by the Care Quality
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The Care Inspectorate has today published a statistical summary of social work expenditure and activity for Scotland covering the period 2006/7 to 2014/15. It shows that general spending on social
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A 13-year-old girl whose violent behaviour caused concern has gone into local authority care after social workers told a Family Court judge that her mother and stepfather had not “implemented
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A 17-year-old boy who police feared would head to Syria to wage jihad has been kept alive following an “extraordinary level” of local authority intervention, a High Court judge has
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England has a shortage of secure accommodation units for children, a senior judge has said. Sir James Munby says the problem has led to social services bosses at councils in
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An annual report which presents information on those on care orders and other children provided with accommodation by their local authority. Key points 5,662 children were looked after on 31
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NHS Digital has published three reports which include the latest statistics on the safeguarding and care of vulnerable adults in England. Safeguarding Adults Annual Report, England 2015-16 contains information about
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Court of Appeal judges are to stop hearing some challenges to decisions made in local family courts. People unhappy about rulings by local family court judges have traditionally been able
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Cafcass has announced several new tools and resources to support case analysis when working with children and families. This follows a review to identify where they could make improvements to
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