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NHS failing to meet SEND support costs, say MPs

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  • Friday, February 15, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Councils are spending hundreds of millions of pounds a year on providing basic support such as wheelchairs and therapy for children with special needs which should be paid for by the health service, MPs have warned.

Parents' anger over SEND failures in Swindon

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  • Friday, January 18, 2019
  • | CYP Now
Children with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) in Swindon face a "bleak" future due to a lack of support from council and health services, inspectors have been told.

CYP Now top 10 stories September 2018

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  • Friday, September 28, 2018
  • | CYP Now
With MPs returning from their summer break and local authorities beginning preparations for next year's budgets, it has been a busy month in the sector. Here is a run-down of the most-read stories published on the CYP Now website in September.

ADCS calls for wider children's workforce development

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  • Friday, April 20, 2018
  • | CYP Now
Government must broaden the scope of its workforce development plans for the children's sector if local authorities are to be able to deal with ongoing financial constraints, the new president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

One in three areas fail children with special needs

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  • Wednesday, October 18, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Councils and health organisations in around a third of areas are failing to effectively support children and young people with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND), analysis by Ofsted and health watchdog the Care Quality Commission has revealed.

ADCS vice president: School transport costs 'cannot be justified'

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  • Wednesday, October 4, 2017
  • | CYP Now
Statutory requirements on council provision of home-to-school transport should be reviewed, with current spending of £1bn a year "unjustifiable" in light of ongoing cuts to early help services, the vice president of the Association of Directors of Children's Services has said.

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