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Minister calls for hospital chief to resign over Baby P report

Friday, June 10, 2011

| CYP Now

Home Office minister Lynne Featherstone is calling for an investigation into allegations that Great Ormond Street Hospital held back "vital information" surrounding its role in the Peter Connelly case.

Child protection must be part of NHS reforms, warns review

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Monday, June 13, 2011

| CYP Now

Government reforms to the NHS must not overlook child protection, an independent review into the changes has concluded.

Call to abolish dangerous restraint methods

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Thursday, January 13, 2011

| CYP Now

A blanket ban on the use of dangerous restraint techniques should be applied to all children's settings, an MP has said.

DfE cuts to research evaluations spark concern

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Monday, February 28, 2011

| CYP Now

The Department for Education (DfE) has cut 7.5m from research projects evaluating everything from academy schools to services for disabled children, an investigation by the Radical Statistics Group has revealed.

Charity launches campaign to counter rise in self-poisoning

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Tuesday, May 7, 2013

| CYP Now

A campaign to educate young people to help friends who self-harm has been launched after figures revealed the number of people self-poisoning has soared by more than 40 per cent in a decade.

Substance misuse family courts to be expanded

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Friday, July 5, 2013

| CYP Now

At least two new specialist substance misuse family courts are to be set up thanks to £150,000 of government funding.

Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

| CYP Now

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.

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

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Tuesday, August 29, 2017

| CYP Now

Amid constant reforms and challenges, Charlotte Goddard identifies entry-level requirements and ongoing professional development for key roles across the children and young people's workforce.

Two thirds of police forces report issue with 'county lines' child exploitation

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Tuesday, November 28, 2017

| CYP Now

Children are being exploited by drugs gangs through so-called "county lines" crime, in at least two thirds of police force areas a National Crime Agency report has found.

Call for better child sexual exploitation training for health workers

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Professionals in health services must receive better training to identify and help victims of child sexual exploitation, a government-commissioned report has concluded.

Daily roundup: School inspections, child protection and mental health

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

| CYP Now

Minister calls for Ofsted to inspect academy chains; serious case review finds health services missed chances to refer baby to social workers; and new standards for managing anxiety published, all in the news today.

Recognise tooth decay as neglect, urge experts

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Friday, November 28, 2014

| CYP Now

Tooth decay in young children should increasingly be seen as a significant risk factor for neglect, academics have warned.

Rotherham chief Ian Thomas to discuss his plans to tackle CSE

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Tuesday, January 20, 2015

| CYP Now

Rotherham's new director of children's services Ian Thomas is to deliver a keynote presentation on leading the effort to combat child sexual exploitation (CSE) in the wake of the Jay report, at a CYP Now Conference.

Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

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Monday, June 6, 2016

| CYP Now

Plans to improve teacher standards announced, positive response to "adoption party" pilots, and LGA call for council role in education, all in the news today.

Government blocks Labour bid to make sex education compulsory

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Wednesday, January 11, 2017

| CYP Now

Conservative MPs have blocked an attempt by Labour to introduce compulsory sex and relationships education (SRE) through an amendment to the Children and Social Work Bill currently going through parliament.

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

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Thursday, September 26, 2013

| CYP Now

Labour's youth justice minister has called for sweeping changes to the way young offenders are dealt with, suggesting that anything that does not work should be ditched.

Daily roundup: Teacher-pupil relationships, council services and children's centres

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Thursday, January 16, 2014

| CYP Now

Councils divulge details of teacher relationship claims; government orders action at Norfolk children's services; and Essex children's centres' opening hours to be cut, all in the news today.

Child witnesses of domestic abuse missed by social care

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

| CYP Now

Nearly half of children exposed to domestic violence are unknown to social care services resulting in them being put at greater risk, domestic abuse campaigners warn.

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

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Friday, May 2, 2014

| CYP Now

Local authorities should be banned from using bed and breakfasts to house young care leavers, while post-care accommodation should be regulated by Ofsted, MPs have been told.

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

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Friday, August 15, 2014

| CYP Now

Childcare minister Sam Gyimah has been handed responsibility for strengthening Department for Education links with child and adolescent mental health services (CAMHS).

Health reforms jeopardise child protection, doctors warn

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Thursday, April 5, 2012

| CYP Now

The NHS reforms threaten to undermine health professionals' efforts to safeguard children, according to a survey of specialist child protection doctors.

Health professionals must have '24-hour access to safeguarding advice'

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Wednesday, May 2, 2012

| CYP Now

NHS staff in emergency care settings should be able to access child protection advice from a paediatrician with safeguarding expertise 24 hours a day, according to a new set of standards on minimum care requirements for children and young people.

Social media 'provides important support for children in care'

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Friday, February 2, 2018

| CYP Now

Social media can bring psychological and emotional benefits to young people in care outweighing the potential risks it poses, a study has found.

Children in care denied help with mental health problems

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

| CYP Now

Councils and specialist services are failing to support children in care who have mental health problems, a probe by MPs has found.

Labour to prioritise children's mental health

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Monday, January 19, 2015

| CYP Now

The Labour Party has promised to radically improve children's mental health services if it wins the general election in May.

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Minister calls for hospital chief to resign over Baby P report

Child protection must be part of NHS reforms, warns review

Call to abolish dangerous restraint methods

DfE cuts to research evaluations spark concern

Charity launches campaign to counter rise in self-poisoning

Substance misuse family courts to be expanded

Government announces overhaul of child protection procedures

Children's Workforce Guide to Qualifications and Training

Two thirds of police forces report issue with 'county lines' child exploitation

Call for better child sexual exploitation training for health workers

Daily roundup: School inspections, child protection and mental health

Recognise tooth decay as neglect, urge experts

Rotherham chief Ian Thomas to discuss his plans to tackle CSE

Daily roundup: Tougher teaching tests, adoption parties and monitoring academies

Government blocks Labour bid to make sex education compulsory

Shadow minister wants youth justice shake-up

Daily roundup: Teacher-pupil relationships, council services and children's centres

Child witnesses of domestic abuse missed by social care

Campaigners call for end to B&B use for care leavers

Gyimah handed role to strengthen children's mental health services

Health reforms jeopardise child protection, doctors warn

Health professionals must have '24-hour access to safeguarding advice'

Social media 'provides important support for children in care'

Children in care denied help with mental health problems

Labour to prioritise children's mental health

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