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17/06/2024: Teachers and GPs ‘staggering’ under extra demands caused by poverty in Great Britain
Britain’s schools and primary health services are ‘staggering’ under the pressure of demand caused by an epidemic of extreme poverty, as desperate families unable to afford food, clothing or heating increasingly turn to them for crisis help.
17/06/2024: IWF sounds alarm for young people and parents as sharing of nudes becomes ‘normalised’ in UK schools
Young people and their parents will be asked to get over their embarrassment of discussing the sharing of nudes amid warnings the sharing and collecting of nudes has become commonplace in UK schools.
(Source: Internet Watch Foundation)
16/06/2024: Places in council-run children’s homes in England fall by third as private firms take over
Increased reliance on private provision is pushing children hundreds of miles away from friends and family.
14/06/2024: ‘It’s been incredibly traumatic’ – baby-loss parents
The parents of a baby who died at two weeks old are launching a compensation claim after a coroner ruled that failure to recognise his mother’s rare medical condition contributed to their son’s death.
14/06/2024: DfE data shows further rise in education, health and care plans
The number of children and young people with an education, health and care plan (EHCP) rose more than 10% last year, latest data from the Department for Education reveals.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
14/06/2024: Most young people say politicians don’t care about their mental health, coalition finds
More than half of young people say the main political parties don’t care about youth mental health, research from a group of charities has shown.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
14/06/2024: Mental health is main cause of rising absences in England, say headteachers
Nearly nine out of 10 report marked rise in pupils missing school due to mental health issues since Covid pandemic.
13/06/2024: Third of parents at risk of having babies taken into care have learning difficulties, research finds
One in three parents at risk of having their baby taken into care have a learning disability or difficulty, analysis of 200 care proceedings has found.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
13/06/2024: Benefit rules locking 19,000 young carers out of financial help, charity warns
A charity is calling for an overhaul of benefit rules which are forcing thousands of young carers to choose between their education and receiving financial help.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
13/06/2024: Children’s services leaders question plans to refer child strip search cases
Children’s services leaders have questioned Home Office plans for the police to make a referral to children’s social care every time they perform an intimate search of a child.
(Source: Children and Young People Now)
13/06/2024: More than half of UK students working long hours in paid jobs
Lack of maintenance support is creating two-tier higher education system, say experts.
12/06/2024: What happened when 10 teens gave up their smartphones?
As part of a five-day digital detox, 10 Salford teenagers swapped their devices for basic phones that can only make calls and send texts. How did they get on?