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<img alt="'Unreliable data' undermining efforts on children's mental health" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/dd91f977-d5d5-451f-80bc-f4307207592e/3/RimmdreamAdobeStock-320x198.jpg" />
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A report by the NAO highlighted "significant weaknesses and unreliability" in government data on numbers of children affected by mental health problems.
The government wants to increase the proportion...
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Published: 9 October 2018
<img alt="Police launch CSE awareness drive through hotel spot checks" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/eb5bcd55-2cce-4873-87d2-ba77aab225a9/1/3b663c900a8aca0c066774252c54fde9jpg-320x198.jpg" />
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Ensuring hotel staff know what action to take when they suspect perpetrators of child sexual exploitation (CSE) are using their premises to commit offences has been the focus of an operation by the Metropolitan...
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Published: 9 October 2018
<img alt="Inspectors praise care leaver support at former tri-borough council" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/ebfe91b7-9065-4804-92aa-3e9c3495b29c/5/05de765bf384773d89ef3ca0fa332a26jpg-320x198.jpg" />
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The tri-borough agreement between Hammersmith and Fulham, Kensington and Chelsea, and Westminster councils had been set up in 2012 to share resources in response to funding constraints.
But this finished...
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cypn
Published: 9 October 2018
<img alt="Stigma deters children from discussing mental health with teachers" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/53d62ec4-9d61-470a-a676-7e6dad4ed9c8/1/bereavementshutterstock-320x198.jpg" />
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An evaluation of the first year of the Youth Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) in Schools programme found that students in all six schools visited by researchers said the stigma and taboo associated with...
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cypn
Published: 9 October 2018
<img alt="DfE announces £24m youth employment initiative" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/45e40e13-9cce-46a4-8dbb-637d944d8e42/3/422f2c9ecebcda3d9b99927136280089jpg3318-320x198.JPG" />
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Announcing the Opportunity North East scheme at a school in Gateshead, Damian Hinds said children in the region need more support from education and business leaders, because it is listed bottom in England...
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Published: 8 October 2018
<img alt="Scrap business rates to help struggling nurseries, government urged" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/28b060cd-7bf6-44c9-aa4f-e76f0f323abe/2/ScreenShot20181008at113612-320x198.png" />
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National Day Nurseries Association (NDNA) has written to Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond and the Education Secretary Damian Hinds calling for them to take the step following the announcement...
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Published: 8 October 2018
<img alt="One in four children turned away by children's mental health services" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/96702207-040b-40c0-b736-c51d2d3c6748/1/newscastonline-320x198.png" />
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A report by the Education Policy Institute (EPI) found that the number of referrals to specialist children's mental health services has risen by 26 per cent over the last five years.
Rejection rates...
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cypn
Published: 7 October 2018
<img alt="'County lines' child trafficker convicted in landmark case" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/24e7aad5-e2ae-444d-9cb1-d5b53f5e90c0/3/ScreenShot20181005at121240-320x198.png" />
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The conviction of Birmingham man Zakaria Mohammed is the first time a conviction has been secured for child trafficking offences related to county lines under the Modern Slavery Act (2015).
The legislation...
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Published: 5 October 2018
<img alt="Council set to close more than half of children's centres" src="https://www.cypnow.co.uk/w-images/dc53e743-ee07-4966-9cfe-7e2781aa71e3/1/newcountyofficesdsc7117-320x198.JPG" />
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Buckinghamshire County Council said it is not possible to continue meeting the needs of local families and children through its current network of 35 children's centres due to budget cuts.
The council...
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Published: 4 October 2018