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This year has seen a 3% rise in the number of children taken into care in England. The sum total of children in care rose by 2%, currently standing at around 67,000.
Is this increase to be explained simply by a rise in the number of abuse and neglect cases? It is hard to believe that parents now treat their children worse. More likely is that these figures reflect a change in approach by social care professionals. How much of this is to be put down to the “Baby P effect” is debatable.
Most indicative of this more risk averse mindset is the marked rise in the number of babies taken into care. What some put down to financial strain caused by the recession may also be explained by the fact that children under one are often easier to place.
Alternatively, could this increase merely be down to a baby boom, and other demographic factors?
In June 2020 the University of Birmingham published a research briefing exploring the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on child protection practice.
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Nazareth Care Charitable Trust which operates a care home in Bonnyrigg, Scotland, recently received a fine after a resident at one of its care homes suffered a fatal injury after falling down a flight of stairs.
The concept of Assumption of Responsibility is on many stakeholders’ minds at the moment following the Supreme Court decision in CN & GN v Poole.
Sussex Partnership NHS Trust was sentenced on 14 June 2019 for failing to provide safe care and treatment to a 19 year old inmate being cared for on the hospital wing of Lewes Prison, Jamie Osborne.
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