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What does the NHS Outcomes Framework mean for children?
13/01/2012
Improving outcomes for children depends on wider health issues and changes to professional practice.

Do more to protect children, Twitter told
13/01/2012
Twitter should do more to protect young users from online predators, a child protection unit has said.

The Good Childhood Report 2012: A review of our children’s well-being
13/01/2012
The Children's Society latest report reveals that half a million children across the UK are unhappy with their lives.

Unlawful restraint widespread in child jails for a decade
13/01/2012
Statutory agencies 'failed to stop unlawful use of force against children in privately run centres'

Mental Health Strategy - Briefing Paper
11/01/2012
Barnardo's and SAMH have worked together to produce a joint briefing document to encourage as many organisations as possible to respond to the Scottish Government’s mental health strategy consultation.

Charity warns of a shortage in foster carers in UK
21/12/2011
Thousands of vulnerable children in the UK could end up in care that does not appropriately meet their needs due to a foster home shortage, a charity warns.

One in seven children ‘drinking regularly’
21/12/2011
The scale of Scotland’s under-age alcohol problem was laid bare yesterday when a new survey showed that more than one third of 15 year-olds and one in seven 13 years olds admitted that they had taken a drink in the previous week.

Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition
21/12/2011
The Children and Young People’s Mental Health Coalition (CYPMHC) consists of 14 charities that are passionate about the well-being of the UK’s children and young people.

Child obesity in Wirral has decreased
21/12/2011
The number of obese children in Wirral has dropped according to official figures published this week.

Conservatives make call over child mental health delays
10/10/2011
Some children can face a wait of up to three and a half years before receiving treatment for mental health problems, an MSP has revealed.