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Covid inquiry turns attention to pandemic’s impact on children

1 min read Education Children's Services
The Covid-19 inquiry is to turn its attention to the pandemic’s impact on children, including those with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND).
Covid-19’s impact on children’s contact with social workers will also be looked at. Picture: famveldman/Adobe Stock
Covid-19’s impact on children’s contact with social workers will also be looked at. Picture: famveldman/Adobe Stock

The inquiry’s eighth investigation will focus on how children and young people have been affected by the pandemic, policies made by government and the catastrophe's long-term impact on their lives.

Access to education, early years, and health support for children during the pandemic will be examined.

Covid-19’s impact on children’s contact with social workers will also be looked at.

“This will include children at risk, children whose families receive support from social services, young carers, those in the care of local authorities and care leavers,” according to the investigation’s provisional scope.

“The pandemic affected children and young people in many different ways; they lost loved ones, academic opportunities, years of social development and interaction with family and friends,” said inquiry chair Baroness Hallett.

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