News Insight: Children's services - Every Child Matters: a 5-year appraisal
Children & Young People Now
10 September 2008
The Every Child Matters green paper was published five years ago this week. It focused action on four main areas - accountability and integration, early intervention, support for parents and carers, and workforce reform. Alison Bennett and Lauren Higgs ask leading figures from the sector to rate its progress so far.
ACCOUNTABILITY AND INTEGRATION JOHN COUGHLAN, director of children's services, Hampshire County Council I'm a tough marker. You could make a case for being more generous given all that's been achieved, but there's a real concern about consistency and the need not to sound complacent. Accountability is stronger. Local government...