Jun/090
New Children’s Act ALLOWS abuse say paediatricians!
The new Children Act 2004 was brought in to better regulate intervention from official bodies such as social services, with the purpose being to make the UK safer for children. This was to be achieved by encouraging all governing bodies to communicate amongst themselves and therefore improve the upbringing of children.
However, many paediatricians are alleging that this is only causing further abuse. They feel that abusive parents are getting far too many chances, as children are only removed from an abusive home as a last resort. By the time the children are removed, the abuse has gone on for a long period of time and these children often become emotionally detached and harder to place in foster homes.
Social services are strongly denying these claims saying the new Children Act is working and as a result the numbers of children going into the care system are decreasing.
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