A new local authority is the first to pass a motion to protect people with care experience from discrimination following a recommendation made in the Care Review.
The development of an expert child protection unit in every local area has been recommended in response to the deaths of Arthur Labinjo-Hughes and Star Hobson.
Care review head defends appointment amid questions over his suitability
Josh MacAlister asks critics to “judge me by my actions” in a bid to allay concerns over independence and involvement of care-experienced people in review
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Josh MacAlister has defended his appointment as care review lead, asking critics “to judge me by my actions”, following concerns over his suitability and how the review would be run.
The Frontline chief executive took to Twitter over the weekend to respond to concerns over his independence from government and why people with experience of social care were not more involved in running the review.