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• Education of children in care in England held back by ‘system failings’

  07-07-2022 23:00
  
  Report by MPs calls for academies that illegally turn away looked-after children to be punished by OfstedA report by MPs has identified “a host of indefensible system failings” behind the educational disadvantage affecting children in care, and called for academies that illegally turn them away to be punished by Ofsted.The report by the education select committee accused the government of failing to act as a “pushy parent” by placing looked-after children in the best scho
  
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• Market forces have been allowed to destroy public services | Letters

  07-07-2022 19:11
  
  Stephen Smith says neoliberalism has led to the vilification of the public provision of public services. Plus a letter from Jonathan StanleyYour editorial (3 July) on children’s care homes proposes an important first step in reversing the trend since the 1980s in replacing the concept of public service as an underlying value with the profit motive. You imply, however, that child services are somehow unique and this special status should exempt them from the underlying presumption in favour
  
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• Opioid prescriptions significantly higher for patients with lifelong disabilities, study finds

  07-07-2022 16:09
  People with two pediatric-onset neurodevelopmental disorders are prescribed opioids at a rate up to five times higher than those who do not have those conditions, a new study finds. Researchers say the findings raise concerns over addiction, overdose and mental health issues.
  
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