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This report makes a number of recommendations about how to significantly improve the care and support given to vulnerable children in care.
First published during the 2010 to 2015 Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition government
This publication sets out how the government is raising standards of local authority care for adoptive families and improving best practice.
Equality impact assessment for the Independent Living Fund's safeguarding children and vulnerable adults policy.
Summary of the proposed 2013 to 2014 payment by results pathway funding system for maternity services.
Proposals to accelerate the adoption process and improve it.
In October 2010, the Government set out its vision for the future of health visiting in England - including a commitment to increase the workforce by 4,200 by 2015, and a new service model for the profession.
This is a memorandum to the Education Committee of the House of Commons. It provides preliminary assessment of 3 Acts from 2006.
This action plan for tackling child sexual exploitation brings together actions by the government and a range of national and local partners to protect children from this largely hidden form of child abuse.
This report sets out progress on key areas since April 2011.
Our plans to create an effective support system for parents with children in their earliest years and the practitioners who work with them.
These documents outline the recruitment offer, and provide answers to frequently asked questions for NHS employers.
This health visitor implementation plan sets out a call to action to expand and strengthen health visiting services.
This report is the outcome of a vetting and barring scheme review and draws on stakeholder consultation.
Overview of the Social Work Reform Board's activity over the past year.
An overview of SWRB activity over the past year.
This document sets out the government's plans for transforming public health in England.
This exemplar describes a care pathway for a child with Type 1 diabetes. Download Diabetes type 1 in childhood exemplar (PDF, 2712K)
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