• More foster carers in England leaving than signing up, says Ofsted report

    More foster carers in England leaving than signing up, says Ofsted report
    Children’s campaigners say ‘national crisis’ adds to trauma for vulnerable young people, amid huge fall in numbers fosteringThe number of foster carers in England has sunk to a 10-year low, prompting urgent calls for the recruitment of thousands more families, improved retention and moves to tackle a “national crisis” that is exacerbating trauma for the most vulnerable children in society.The latest figures produced by Ofsted show the number of foster carers fell fr

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