Wales to reassess children’s services serious case review system
Wales is set to reassess its system around serious case reviews, following a failed inquiry around a 6-year-old girl who was physically and sexually assaulted by her classmates two years ago.The Welsh...
View ArticleSouth Wales authorities failed to protect sexual abuse victims, says joint SCR
A serious case review published jointly by Neath Port Talbot, Caerphilly and Pembrokeshire councils says practitioners failed four children who were victims of sexual and physical abuse, as well as...
View ArticleWelsh drug addicts “bribed” to use contraception
A charity based in Newport, Wales, has proposed offering female drug addicts a £50 incentive to use long-term, reversible contraception when their lifestyles are deemed too unstable to support...
View ArticleBids invited to roll-out Welsh Integrated Family Support Service
Gwenda Thomas, Welsh Deputy Minister for Social Services, has invited consortia of local authorities and local health boards to bid for £1.1m to initiate the second phase of the Integrated Family...
View ArticleConsultation opened on Wales’ new serious case review process
The Welsh government has opened a consultation on practice guidance to support the new child practice reviews framework, due to replace Wales’ serious case review procedures. It follows last year’s...
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