The Independent Care Review, launched by Scotland's First Minister Nicola Sturgeon in 2016, took into account the experiences of 5,500 care experienced adults and children and paid and unpaid staff working across the sector.
“Unprecedented” in its scope, the review examined all aspects of care in Scotland and reveals a system that is “fractured, bureaucratic and unfeeling for far too many children and families”.
“At its worst, it can perpetuate and worsen the trauma that many children have already experienced,” the "root and branch" review states.
Review chair Fiona Duncan reveals the “eye-watering” £875m cost of the services to support care-experienced adults who were failed by the care system as children.
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