Kat Osthwaite
@kosthwaite.bsky.social
Impact and Influencing Lead at Pause. Interested in all things policy related to children & families, criminal justice and domestic abuse.
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“Mums, midwives, solicitors, barristers and judges are all telling us the way we do this is inhumane. It is no way to provide justice. Everyone agrees, but it still keeps happening.”
- Lisa Harker, Director, NFJO
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- Lisa Harker, Director, NFJO
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‘I can’t sleep, I’m terrified’: the rise in mothers having their babies taken away within days of giving birth in England
Charity finds ‘inhumane’ system is forcing women to defend themselves in court, sometimes from their hospital beds, while in fear of having their newborn child taken from them
www.theguardian.com
January 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM
“Mums, midwives, solicitors, barristers and judges are all telling us the way we do this is inhumane. It is no way to provide justice. Everyone agrees, but it still keeps happening.”
- Lisa Harker, Director, NFJO
Read more from @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
- Lisa Harker, Director, NFJO
Read more from @theguardian.com
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
Great to see plans to improve children's social care announced by DfE.
Last week's figures show that the numbers of children in care remain at highest levels - with over 33,000 children entering care last year, and over 83,000 children looked after as of March 2024.
Last week's figures show that the numbers of children in care remain at highest levels - with over 33,000 children entering care last year, and over 83,000 children looked after as of March 2024.
Labour ready to show it is serious about child social care reform
Labour ready to show it is serious about child social care reform
Details are still lacking, but initial suggestion is that many of the MacAlister report’s findings will be enacted
Two years ago a government-commissioned report laid bare the crisis affecting children’s social care in England and called for an urgent…
dlvr.it
November 18, 2024 at 10:30 AM
Great to see plans to improve children's social care announced by DfE.
Last week's figures show that the numbers of children in care remain at highest levels - with over 33,000 children entering care last year, and over 83,000 children looked after as of March 2024.
Last week's figures show that the numbers of children in care remain at highest levels - with over 33,000 children entering care last year, and over 83,000 children looked after as of March 2024.