What do safety valve agreements mean for children with SEND?
Catriona Moore, policy manager at SEND legal advice charity IPSEA, looks at the impact of safety valve agreements on local SEND provision.
Council warns of dangerous autism ‘cure’ fraud
18/04/2024 Greenwich council has warned schools and nurseries to be on guard after learning of an individual offering ‘experimental procedures’ for autistic children. |
Autistic adults without care entitlement face 'breakdown'
05/12/2023 More than 11,000 autistic adults in England are not receiving the care they are legally entitled to, a group of autism charities has found. |
Sheffield unveils ‘autism-friendly’ plans
01/06/2023 Sheffield Council has unveiled plans to make the city more ‘autism-friendly’. |
Community services for children ‘under extraordinary pressure’
30/05/2023 Children are being put at risk as vital community services struggle to keep pace with demand, health leaders have warned. |
Autistic children face discrimination in care system
03/03/2023 Marginalised families with autistic children face serious problems in the health, care, and education systems, according to new research. |
New SEND plan fails on ‘fundamental’ issues, council chiefs say
02/03/2023 New plan to support children with special educational needs and disabilities fails to address ‘fundamental cost and demand issues’, council chiefs say. |
Essex County Council pays £150 after autistic care failure
28/02/2023 Essex CC paid a woman £150 after the Ombudsman found it had failed to ensure there was a smooth transition in her autistic son's care when they moved. |
Council fined £5,000 after autistic boy left without education
16/12/2022 Oxfordshire County Council has been told to pay £5,000 to the mother of an autistic boy to make up for a year of missed education. |
Croydon council criticised for failing to provide respite care
09/12/2022 Croydon council has been criticised for failing to provide respite care for the mother of a disabled teenager because it would cost too much. |
Council apologises after failing boy with Autism
09/12/2022 Redcar and Cleveland Council have apologised after failing to provide respite care for the family of a boy with complex special educational needs. |
Providers specialising in autism care warn of contract hand back
31/10/2022 Providers of adult social care have called for more support to be given to providers who look after individuals with a learning disability and autistic people. |
Council apologises after autistic man spends 21 years in hospital
05/10/2022 Brighton & Hove City Council has apologised after an autistic man was held in a secure hospital for over two decades. |
Councils receive £7.6m to help people with autism into work
18/08/2022 Twenty-four councils are set to receive £7.6m over the next three years to help over 2,000 adults with learning disabilities and autism move into work. |
Javid launches £75m autism strategy
21/07/2021 The Government today launched a new multi-million pound strategy to help improve the lives of people with autism. |
Parents forced to wait 18 months for autism diagnosis
14/01/2020 Parents are facing a wait of more than 18 months to find out if their child has autism, a new poll has revealed. |
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Council fined for causing autistic child ‘severe distress’
19/07/2018 Brighton & Hove council has apologised after a mother and her autistic son were caused severe distress due to their temporary accommodation placement. |
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Welsh councils launch autism awareness campaign
04/03/2016 A new programme has been launched to raise awareness of autism among primary school children in Wales. |
Shell is helping power the journey towards a circular paving industry with Shell Bitumen LT R, a new product for roads that uses plastics destined for landfill as part of the additives to make the bitumen.
Effective Energy Group is now offering its support to the 40 Local Authorities who have received a share of the £430m to deliver their projects on the ground by surveying properties and installing measures.
Dougie Belmore explains how one of the main interfaces between you and Bacs is about to change.
