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Lesbian and gay foster care and adoption: what’s changed over the last 20 years?

By Filed Under: Growth and Inclusion Posted:

For LGBT+ Adoption and Fostering Week 2019, Dr Stephen Hicks, Senior Lecturer in Social Work, discusses the changes in policy over the last 20 years and the impact they have had on LGBTQ+ adopters and foster carers. Only 18 years ago, same-sex couples were not legally able jointly to adopt, and Section 28 of the […]

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The hidden crisis of mothers who repeatedly lose children to care

Karen Broadhurst By Filed Under: Featured Posted:

A new study has revealed how many mothers lose successive infants to public care, explains Dr Karen Broadhurst. Speak to any judge around the country and he or she will readily recount a case of a vulnerable mother who has appeared in the family court on successive occasions, losing infant after infant to public care […]

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