25 March 2009

CHILDREN/YOUNG PEOPLE

The Protection of Children in England: A progress report (12th March 2009)
This document, and its recommendations by Lord Laming, are aimed at making sure that good practice becomes standard practice in every service. This includes recommendations on improving the inspection of safeguarding services and the quality of Serious Case Reviews as well as recommendations on improving the help and support children receive when they are at risk of harm.

The document aims to: evaluate the good practice that has been developed since the publication of the report of the Independent Statutory Inquiry following the death of Victoria ClimbiƩ; identify the barriers that are now preventing good practice becoming standard practice; and recommend actions to be taken to make systematic improvements in safeguarding children across the country.

Report

A Children's Environment and Health Strategy for the UK (24th March 2009)
The Health Protection Agency today publishes a Strategy to improve the health and well-being of children in the United Kingdom by changing the environment in which they live. The Agency was commissioned to write the report by the Department of Health.
Report

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