The review into the delivery of children’s social care in Northern Ireland found there are more than 4,000 children on waiting lists for assessments and support from children’s services, which are currently provided by the region’s five health and social care trusts.
Many are being left to wait for more than a year, with the longest wait being more than two years. In addition, the review found that Northern Ireland has a higher referral rate compared with the rest of the UK and Ireland and a higher proportion of looked-after children, children in need and those with protection plans in place.
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