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General election 2019: Welfare and care

Tuesday, November 26, 2019

Ofsted rates third council ‘inadequate' in space of week

Monday, May 18, 2015

West Berkshire Council has become the third local authority in the space of a week to have its children's services department rated "inadequate" after Ofsted inspectors found serious failures in services.

Birmingham sees huge fall in identification of vulnerable children

News

Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Birmingham Council is taking action to improve the way child protection tip-offs are acted on following a worrying drop in the numbers of children subject to protection plans.

Daily roundup: Ofsted, fostering support, and sex crime victims

Other

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Wilshaw reveals he called for Ofsted chair to remain; leaving foster care age for young people in Wales raised; and £500,000 fund set up to help male victims of rape, all in the news today.

Children's charities criticise focus of government spending plans

News

Wednesday, December 3, 2014

Children's charities have criticised the government for failing to prioritise the needs of children in the Chancellor's Autumn Statement.

Ofsted to inspect councils on child sexual exploitation

News

Friday, September 12, 2014

A group of local authorities will face Ofsted inspections on the way they deal with child sexual exploitation (CSE) in a bid to ensure services are up to scratch in the wake of the Rotherham scandal, CYP Now can reveal.

Cameron: Government to intervene more in child protection

News

Tuesday, June 23, 2015

More local authority children's services departments will be taken out of council control in order to tackle failure, Prime Minister David Cameron has said.

Integrated care service vital to help support troubled families

Other

Monday, August 4, 2014

Integrated care is an idea with legs. It is gaining currency among the major political parties, as they realise that the segregation of health and social care, for example, leads to waste, duplication and gaps through which service users easily fall.