In March, the Scottish government unveiled a raft of commitments to improve its children's social care system in response to the Scottish care review’s 2020 report The Promise.
This includes setting up a £500m early intervention fund to support families tackling mental health issues and poverty as well as alcohol and drug issues.
But the oversight board, led by former review chair Fiona Duncan, which was set up to monitor improvements, says that the Scottish government needs to “urgently pick up the pace of change” to ensure effective reform takes place by 2030.
The board is particularly concerned about the use of cross border placements, involving both children in care in Scotland and England and often involving the separation of siblings.
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