The children’s care system is in crisis after cases hit a 10-year high amid “unprecedented” and “unsustainable” demand, the government has been warned. The children’s commissioner has urged ministers to launch an independent review after new figures revealed the number of youngsters in care has soared by more than a quarter over the last decade. Official data collated by the Local Government Association (LGA) show there were 78,150 children in care in England at the end of March 2019. This compares with 60,900 children in care at the same point a decade earlier, the LGA said. Anne Longfield, the children’s commissioner for England, said the government made a manifesto commitment to review the children’s care system and it “needs to be launched as soon as possible”. Advertisement “The care system is in crisis, struggling to meet the needs of the most vulnerable children,” she said. “The system has been too slow to respond to the changing nature of demand, particularly for older children which means we now have a chronic shortage of decent places for our most vulnerable children to live.” More on Children Hospital admissions for children with eating disorders increase by almost 20% Saskatchewan: More than 750 unmarked… Read full this story
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