Fostering system at risk of reaching ‘breaking point’, warns Ofsted
Community Care
NOVEMBER 15, 2021
England’s care system needs an “urgent boost to the number of foster carers” to avoid reaching “breaking point”. That was the warning from Ofsted as it released its annual fostering statistics last week , which showed there were 88,180 approved fostering places, 55,990 of which were filled, and 45,370 approved fostering households, as of 31 March 2021.
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