Social workers report pressure to cease or delay intervention in neglect cases in a child protection system not set up to deal with the issue, warns charity Photo: fizkes/Adobe Stock adoption conce ...
New data from the NSPCC shows that concerns about child neglect is the top reason for the charity's Helpline to make a referral to local agencies. When concerns are raised through the Helpline, the ...
A third of the NSPCC's helpline referrals to South West agencies last year were related to child neglect. The charity made 957 referrals between April 2024 and March 2025 where neglect was believed to ...
Ruth Gardner, head of strategy and development at the NSPCC, takes social workers through some of the key learning in the charity’s latest research on neglect When someone says ‘child neglect’ what do ...
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