Information on the numbers of children referred to and assessed by children’s social services for the year ending March 2013. The ‘Characteristics of Children in Need’ publication contains figures on
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Counting the Cuts is a new report by Dr Simon Duffy, Director of the Centre for Welfare Reform. The report is based on analysis of the latest statistics from the
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This new policy paper from the University of Birmingham’s Health Services Management Centre argues that the NHS has become too dominated by quantitative and medically orientated notions of what constitutes
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The aim of this working paper is to provide information about the working conditions and in-service training opportunities of early childhood education and care (ECEC) workers and to describe how
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Specialist Mental Health Midwives have a crucial role in effective perinatal mental health care. However, there are currently many maternity services without this important position, and where Specialist Mental Health
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High quality childcare can help children to flourish, whatever their family circumstances. It can help parents to flourish, too, knowing that their children are being well-cared for while they go
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The need for the NHS to achieve 4% year-on-year efficiency gains has been the dominant issue for the Committee throughout the Parliament as it has looked at expenditure issues. In
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This report is part of the NSPCC’s Impact and Evidence series, which presents the findings of the Society’s research into its services and interventions. Many of the reports are produced
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to report the findings from research into the outcomes of adult protection in Scotland, with particular focus on how service users, family
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The Child and Adolescent Harmful Behaviour Service (CAHBS) is a newly developed service within the overall remit of the Thames Valley Young People’s Forensic Service (TVYPFS). The CAHBS team provides
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