A number of people had expressed concern about Liam Fee’s health and wellbeing during his short life. During evidence at the trial of Liam’s mother Rachel Trelfa and her partner
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A new leaflet to help health boards, NHS trusts and public sector organisations across Wales promote equality has been developed by the NHS Centre for Equality and Human Rights (CEHR).
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Care workers have reported up to 150,000 pre-school children to social services over fears of abuse or neglect, investigations revealed. A series of scandals involving children – dating back to
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Police have been criticised by a family court judge over the way they questioned a six-year-old girl suspected of being sexually abused. Recorder Carly Henley, who analysed evidence at a
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The children’s services department at one of the country’s biggest councils is to be run by a voluntary trust following years of criticism. The department at Birmingham City Council has
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A girl at the centre of a family court dispute between her separated parents had bugs sewn into her clothes so that her father could listen to what she said
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A man who claims he was forced to work as a child slave after being taken into foster care has received an apology. Terry Lodge said he was made to
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Union leaders have welcomed a council decision to drop plans to convert six public holidays into annual leave, which had sparked the threat of strikes. Members of the GMB at
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Nine men have been convicted of committing sexual offences against a teenage boy who was subjected to a “horrifying” catalogue of abuse while in council care. A three-month trial was
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Councils and GP groups across England are failing to plan for the needs of dying people, according to a new report. The charity Hospice UK used the Freedom of Information
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