Social care & looked after children
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Policy
— 26 May 2022
Star Hobson and Arthur Lanbinjo-Hughes were murdered by members of their close family who have been rightly held accountable for these terrible crimes. But their cases also highlight, yet again, what can happen if public services do not work together effectively and information about vulnerable children is not shared in a timely way.
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Policy
— 20 May 2022
The Review has not shied away from the challenge, addressing knotty issues like multi-agency working, the huge and unnecessary barriers to sharing information about children, and the broken care market. But now we need urgent action from Government to embrace these plans.
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Policy
— 20 May 2022
The National Children’s Bureau, NSPCC, Action for Children, Barnardo’s and The Children’s Society, urge Govt to seize once-in-a-generation opportunity to fix children’s social care.
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Policy
— 17 May 2022
Our new evidence paper sets out a clear and compelling case for investing in early family help, improving outcomes and saving money.
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Policy
— 16 May 2022
Babies, children and young people make up a third of all people in the UK. While the vast majority of children were not at high risk from the virus itself, they paid a high price during the pandemic.
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Policy
— 25 Apr 2022
The Health and Care Act 2022, given Royal Assent today, will fundamentally change the way services are planned and delivered by the NHS, local authorities, and other key agencies.
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Social care & looked after children
— 11 Mar 2022
My name is Aimee and I’m a Scottish member of the Living Assessments project at NCB. This is part two of my blog about the work I have been doing as an Expert by Experience in children's social care.
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Policy
— 7 Mar 2022
After nearly a year of collective effort by the children's sector - led by the Children and Young People’s Health Policy Influencing Group (HPIG) - NCB and Council for Disabled Children are delighted that babies, children and young people will now be an integral part of the Health and Care Bill.
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Policy
— 18 Feb 2022
Aimee, a Scottish member of the Living Assessments project at the National Children’s Bureau (NCB), gives her perspective on what needs to change in the children’s social care system.
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Policy
— 14 Dec 2021
This point was powerfully brought home when the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Children met to discuss putting children at the heart of Integrated Care Systems, the new structures being established by the forthcoming Health and Care Act.
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