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Delays in judicial system attributed to shortage of independent social workers and other experts

23/03/2021
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A shortage of social work, medical and psychological professionals has been blamed for the delays in the judicial system, a report has suggested.

The Working Group on Medical Experts in the Family Courts was established in Autumn 2018 by the President of the Family Division, Sir Andrew McFarlane to identify the scale of the problem of [...]

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Children’s residential care sector overwhelmed by seven reviews

23/03/2021
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Seven government or parliamentary reviews that are placing demands on the small residential child care sector are overwhelming respondents, it has been warned.

With seven reviews currently requiring answers from the children’s services sector, the National Centre for Excellence in Residential Care warns that with no coordination and no consistency there is potential for contradictory conclusions.

The [...]

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Postcode lottery in SEN support

22/03/2021
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There are significant inconsistencies in how children with special educational needs and disabilities in England are identified and supported, the Education Policy Institute has warned.

Access to support is decided by a “postcode lottery” with the chances of receiving SEND support from the school or from the local authority largely dictated by the school that a [...]

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Prisoners should be made priority group for COVID vaccine

17/03/2021
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People in prison are at an increased risk of COVID-19 and should be made a vaccine priority, research by UCL has urged.

The research reveals that there were 121 deaths related to COVID-19 among people in prisons in England and Wales between March 2020 and February 2021, representing a risk of dying 3.3 times higher than [...]

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Ofsted introduces new approach to inspection of Cafcass

17/03/2021
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Ofsted is to introduce a new approach to inspecting the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service.

Shorter inspections will be carried out every three years using a ‘whole-system’ approach, with more contact in between each inspection. This fresh approach will bring Cafcass in line with Ofsted’s other inspections of children’s social care.

Yvette Stanley, Ofsted’s [...]

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New mother’s mental health impacted negatively due to COVID-19 and restrictions

16/03/2021
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The COVID-19 pandemic has posed mental health challenges for women during pregnancy and early motherhood, according to a report by Centre for Mental Health and Maternal Mental Health Alliance.

There has been a decrease in the mental health of women during the perinatal period for a variety of reasons including an increase in anxiety due to [...]

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