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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The care system contains many talented and tireless staff who provide excellent care, but the unfortunate reality is that the system still fails some children. The yearly Stability Index for
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Every winter brings additional pressures to our health and social care system. But this winter we face those pressures in the midst of the global pandemic of COVID-19. The pressures
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On the recommendation of the Southampton Serious Case Review Group, a decision was taken by the Independent Chair of the Southampton Local Safeguarding Children Board in July 2018 to commission
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This publication by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents management information statistics on people aged 18 and over who were discharged from an NHS Scotland hospital to a care home between
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For the services we regulate – as for the rest of the world – the past year is divided into two parts. Pre-COVID, care was generally good, but with little
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This Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) investigation report concerns the extent to which the Church of England and the Church in Wales protected children from sexual abuse in
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Half of older people needing help with everyday tasks such as getting washed and dressed had unmet care needs prior to the coronavirus pandemic, new analysis suggests. Some 1.6 million
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Sheffield City Council notified the Department for Education (DfE) of a serious safeguarding incident in May 2019, which related to the death of two children by their parents as a
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A new report, published by the Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC), shows that more people than ever before work in Scotland’s social services. There are some 206,400 people in the
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