The Department of Health has issued new statutory guidance aiming to ensure looked-after children have access to any physical or mental health care they may need. Statutory guidance is issued
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More needs to be done to repair families instead of rescuing children and putting them into care, Health and Social Services Minister Mark Drakeford has said at a looked after
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Seven local authorities have been announced by Education Secretary Angela Constance as the first recipients of funding from the £100 million Attainment Scotland Fund. Glasgow, Dundee, Inverclyde, West Dunbartonshire, North
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A woman killed by her 13-year-old foster child was a kind and caring person who had an affinity with children, her husband has told an inquiry. Dawn McKenzie, 34, was
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A new strategy to raise the ambitions and educational attainment of children who are looked after in Wales has been unveiled by the Welsh Government. Launched by the Minister for
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The number of children in care has risen to its highest level for nearly 25 years following the death of Baby P and a spate of child sex exploitation scandals,
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The Care Council for Wales (CCW) is once again hosting a series of seminars aimed at residential child care workers. This year’s seminars will take place in Cardiff and St.
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Newly appointed Health Minister Jim Wells has launched the third report of the ‘Our Life in Care’ survey, which captures the views of 8-18 year olds living in care. Speaking
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In March 2015, the Children and Young People Act (Scotland) 2014 will make the future chances for looked after young people better in several ways. Not only does this Act
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An article examined comparative outcomes for looked-after children placed in kin and non-kin care in the United Kingdom. It said that stability was achieved more commonly through kin placements, although
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