Children's care system in Scotland needs replacing, review finds

Calls for ‘fractured’ system to be scrapped as Sturgeon says it is letting children down

A major review of failures in the Scottish care system has called for it to be scrapped and replaced by a new unified service.

The independent care review, set up by Nicola Sturgeon in 2017, estimates that the “fractured and bureaucratic” system operating in Scotland costs the country more than £2.7bn a year.

Related: Fiona Duncan: ‘We want to put love at the heart of Scotland’s care system’

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from Children | The Guardian https://ift.tt/2OwuxFE