In a briefing launched at Napo's annual meeting yesterday (15 October), Cafcass was accused of being "incapable" of dealing with family court cases due to staff shortages and was said to be dogged by "a culture of change for change's sake" with staff morale at an all-time low. The union claimed delays in court proceedings, caused by a lack of frontline practitioners, are damaging the welfare of the children involved in cases. Harry Fletcher, assistant general secretary...


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