In his opening speech at the ADCS conference 2023, which is taking place in Manchester, John Pearce told delegates: “The number of children in care has increased annually yet capacity across the system has not. In market economics, the simple response to demand is to increase supply. When some of the biggest providers are bank rolled by private equity, is it any wonder that supply is stifled?
“The risks are becoming increasingly untenable and we owe it to children and young people to get this right. At first glance it may look like local authorities hold all the cards, but that just isn’t the case, we need the full backing of the government to shift not just the narrative but the reality.”
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