Child maltreatment is common and often longstanding but affected children may never reach the threshold for investigation or intervention by child protection services. The GP’s role includes: ...

The tragic thread running through these cases is the consistent failure to centre children’s voices in safeguarding processes. Had Sara’s voice been truly heard, professionals might have acted ...

The Government has been urged to end the postcode lottery in children’s social care after the tragic death of Sara Sharif. Sara was just 10 years old when she was murdered in her own home by her ...

Previous research has shown that the threshold for children’s social care has grown so much that public health nurses now felt more like social workers who are having to deal with cases at crisis ...

Some 485 children were affected by serious child safeguarding incidents between April 1, 2023 and March 31, 2024, the Child Safeguarding Practice Review Panel found.

Despite knowing these risks, FIFA has not published a Child Safeguarding policy for the 2026 World Cup: what will probably be the largest and most lucrative sporting event ever.

The Minister of Youth, Social Development and Seniors Tinée Furbert delivered remarks at the Child Safeguarding Workshop on Thursday, March 6th, “reinforcing the Government’s commitment to ...

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A child safeguarding board has apologised for failures in the case of a five-year-old boy who was murdered by family members, as calls were made for a Wales-wide review of children’s services.

Police told to urgently improve child safeguarding. 21 May 2025. Share Save. Jasmine Ketibuah-Foley & Sarah Jones. BBC News, west of England. Share Save. BBC.