by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 6, 2019 | News
The Nuffield Family Justice Observatory has published a report on the number of babies in care proceedings in Wales. Key findings include: the number of newborns subject to care proceedings more than doubled between 2015 and 2018, from 39 per 10,000 in 2015 to 83 per...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 6, 2019 | News
NHS England has announced that a taskforce will be set up to improve current specialist children and young people’s inpatient mental health, autism and learning disability services in England. The Children’s Commissioner for England, Anne Longfield will...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 6, 2019 | News
The Education Policy Institute (EPI) has published a report looking at unexplained pupil exits from schools in England. Figures show that: 10.1% of secondary school pupils in the 2017 cohort experienced exits at some point during their time at secondary school that...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 6, 2019 | News
The Crown Prosecution Service has updated the Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) prosecution guidance to clarify that vaginal cosmetic surgery and genital piercing should in most cases not be prosecuted as FGM. Further details are available here...
by FosterTalk Admin | Nov 6, 2019 | News
The Anna Freud Centre has launched a resource on shared decision making, a collaborative process where a young person works together with their family and professionals or service provider to make an informed decision about the treatment or care option that is best...
