Families with a disabled child are facing average waits of more than 200 days to get assessments for social care, according ...

It’s shocking, but far from unique – the children’s social care system is failing disabled children and their families, and it needs to change. Disabled children’s social care exists to help children ...

Parents of disabled children are at “breaking point” as one in three have been unable to access the support they need from social care services, a new report has revealed. National disability charity ...

“But the social care system is failing disabled children and leaving families at breaking point. Parents shouldn’t have to fight for the care their children deserve. We need urgent reform to ...

Disabled children are waiting too long to be assessed for the help they need, the Sense charity said (Alamy/PA) Families with a disabled child are facing average waits of more than 200 days to get ...

One family said they were dismayed when the Social Security site said their disabled adult son was no longer receiving ...

“But the social care system is failing disabled children and leaving families at breaking point. Parents shouldn’t have to fight for the care their children deserve. We need urgent reform to ensure ...

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Research has found that almost one in five parents of children with disabilities are facing a wait of more than 12 months to receive their legal entitlement of a social worker assessment ... 1,000 ...