NCH's Response To Government Care Matters Implementation Plan, UK

Main Category: Pediatrics / Children's Health
Article Date: 27 Mar 2008 - 2:00 PDT

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Commenting on the Government's launch of the Care Matters Implementation Plan, Executive Director of Children's Services at NCH, Margaret Dillon said: "This far reaching plan has the potential to make a real difference to the lives of looked after children. Through the work we do at NCH we know just how important it is to ensure that opportunities, including educational attainment and support, are available to all - regardless of circumstances. We also understand the importance of preventative work with young people on the edge of care and their families.

As our evidence to the Children, Schools and Families Committee today makes clear, what we now need are the necessary resources and guarantees from those responsible for implementing this plan to ensure that these ambitious aspirations will be followed with concrete delivery. We have the opportunity to transform the lives of young people in care; we must not let it pass us by."

Notes

1. NCH is one of the UK's leading children's charities, working in partnership to run nearly 500 services for more than 178,000 of the UK's most vulnerable children, young people and their families

2. Margaret Dillon is giving evidence to the Children,Schools and Families Committee inquiry into Looked-after Children on the morning of Wednesday 26th March.

3. NCH was previously known as National Children's Home. It rebranded in 2002 to become NCH, the children's charity

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