>The Health Secretary said the measures will help those in care who have the toughest start in life – and face a “barrage of health inequalities”. Under the reforms unveiled today,family doctors will also be alerted to children who are in settings such as a foster care or a children’s home. The government said this will help GPs ensure no young person falls through the cracks.
>A three-year pilot scheme will aim to boost access to mental health support. And ministers will trial a new programme of paid internship for care leavers in the NHS and a guaranteed interview scheme for roles in the health service.
Good stuff, more of this please.
elmundio87 on
Sounds like a brilliant idea, won’t take long for the Daily Mail to brand care leavers as scroungers though.
TimInRislip on
Its not free though is it? We are paying for it.
Pay up, piggies!
BlackSpinedPlinketto on
It truly takes a village to raise a child. I don’t know many people who were raised in care but this feels like the minimum they should get.
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>The Health Secretary said the measures will help those in care who have the toughest start in life – and face a “barrage of health inequalities”. Under the reforms unveiled today,family doctors will also be alerted to children who are in settings such as a foster care or a children’s home. The government said this will help GPs ensure no young person falls through the cracks.
>A three-year pilot scheme will aim to boost access to mental health support. And ministers will trial a new programme of paid internship for care leavers in the NHS and a guaranteed interview scheme for roles in the health service.
Good stuff, more of this please.
Sounds like a brilliant idea, won’t take long for the Daily Mail to brand care leavers as scroungers though.
Its not free though is it? We are paying for it.
Pay up, piggies!
It truly takes a village to raise a child. I don’t know many people who were raised in care but this feels like the minimum they should get.