CYP Now - Care experience central to England review

The new government has committed to conduct a review of the children’s care system. We are at a pivotal point: 30 years on from the game-changing 1989 Children Act, this review will either go down in history as being another major turning point or a damp squib.

Alison O’Sullivan is chair of NCB and a former ADCS president

Anyone could be forgiven for trying to make the scope manageable, but it must be wide and far reaching. After all, so much is at stake: an acknowledged problem with funding increased demand; real difficulties with the availability and choice of appropriate care settings; under-developed skills in the workforce; variable quality and a lack of humanity in some care; and parts of the current system seemingly at breaking point.

At the same time, there is a veritable cacophony of voices expressing views about what the review should look like. Many see the current system as deeply flawed and are passionate about making it better.

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