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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to Social Care Review Implementation Strategy
3 February 2023
The government has published a long-term strategy to ‘fix’ children’s social care.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to Refugee Council’s report ‘The Truth About Channel Crossings’
2 February 2023
The report shows that 20% those who crossed the channel in small boats are children.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to JRF’s UK Poverty 2023 report
26 January 2023
The Joseph Rowntree Foundation report on poverty in the UK shows that a million children under 4 are growing up in poverty.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to EHRC report ‘Children’s rights in Great Britain’
25 January 2023
Equality and Human Rights Commission’s report to the United Nations raises a number of concerns on the health, wellbeing and living standards of children in England and Wales.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to State of Health Visiting, 2022 UK survey report
18 January 2023
The Health Visiting Institute has published the findings from the largest UK survey of frontline health visitors working with families across the United Kingdom.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to the Age Estimation Scientific Advisory Committee’s report on age assessment methods
13 January 2023
This week the Interim Age Estimation Science Advisory Committee published their report on the use of biological evaluation methods to assist in assessing the age of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to the Scottish budget 2023 to 2024
19 December 2022
The Scottish Budget for 2023 to 2024 was published on 15 December 2022.
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Â鶹´«Ã½ responds to plans for migrant children to undergo X-rays to try and verify age
2 November 2022
Â鶹´«Ã½ has been made aware of potential plans for vulnerable child refugees to undergo X-rays to verify their age.
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Child Protection Service Delivery Standards Audit - report
Our nationwide audit collected data from services across the UK responsible for conducting child protection medical assessments within working hours. The audit aimed to encourage best practice in service delivery, and provide the data needed to support quality improvement activity in this area. Read...
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Â鶹´«Ã½ initial response to the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse
21 October 2022
On 20 October 2022 the report of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse was published.Â