Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures

Joe Lepper
Tuesday, June 12, 2012

National timescales for assessing children in need will be scrapped and guidance governing work with children drastically reduced, under the government's plans to overhaul procedures that it claims stifle the judgment of children's professionals.

The three documents now total 68 pages. Image: Arlen Connelly
The three documents now total 68 pages. Image: Arlen Connelly

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