Social services have experienced a sharp increase in the number of vulnerable adults seeking help as the pandemic continues, a leading support association has said. The Association of Directors of
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Ongoing cuts to learning disability support systems that put strain on family carers are a “ticking time bomb”, a charity has warned. Almost 90% of people with learning disabilities who
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Thousands of children in care are being repeatedly moved between residential homes or living in unregulated accommodation, reporting “disgusting” and prison-like conditions, a report has found. Some children feel “dumped”
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Crisis in care – how children are being betrayed by the state. Ideally, no child should grow up in an institution. Yet there are 6,570 children currently growing up in
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This analysis contains the 2020 update to the Stability Index: the Children’s Commissioner’s ongoing project measuring levels stability for children in care. This update focuses on the cohort of children
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Mass coronavirus testing to help detect asymptomatic cases will be rolled out in 67 local authorities in England, the Health Secretary has confirmed. Matt Hancock told MPs that he had
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Vulnerable children with complex needs are continuing to “fall through the gaps” due to a chronic shortage of secure care placements, a High Court judge has said. Mr Justice MacDonald
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England’s social care sector needs £7 billion more a year as an urgent “starting point” to avoid potential collapse of the market, MPs say. An immediate boost is needed to
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Children’s services must receive urgent funding if vulnerable youngsters in England’s poorest areas are to receive help during the coronavirus pandemic, five charities have said. Local authorities’ services were experiencing
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Councils make it harder for families who rent – or who are not “a perfect ethnic match” – to adopt, leaving children being “bounced around the system” waiting for a
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