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Keeping you up to date on the progress of the Named Person scheme and the NO2NP campaign.
Police Scotland warn Named Person ‘wellbeing’ checks could delay removing abused children
Posted 9 years agoPolice Scotland has warned that the Named Person scheme could delay removing children from abusers because officials are spending time…
Continue ReadingSNP minister comes under fire from ex-teachers over Named Person plans
Posted 9 years agoA senior member of the SNP Government has come face to face with critics of the Named Person plans.
Continue ReadingLiz Smith MSP: ‘Named Person scheme is both sinister and hugely misguided’
Posted 9 years agoWriting in the Sunday Express the Scottish Conservative Spokeswoman for Young People has warned that the Scottish Government’s Named Person…
Continue ReadingAnother MSP adds voice to mounting criticism of Named Person scheme
Posted 9 years agoHugh Henry MSP for Renfrewshire South has become the latest voice to question the controversial Named Person scheme. Henry says…
Continue ReadingResearch: ‘Increased referrals did not see equivalent rise in child abuse detection’
Posted 9 years agoA recent study into child protection strategies revealed that a rise in referrals did not result in a matching rise…
Continue ReadingChild protection chief gets in a twist when quizzed on Named Person
Posted 9 years agoEven those supporting the Named Person scheme are failing to coherently answer basic queries about the plans. Speaking on BBC…
Continue ReadingNamed Person plans are a threat to every Scottish family
Posted 9 years agoA columnist for the Scottish Daily mail has written extensively on why the Named Person plans are unwise, unlawful and…
Continue ReadingScotsman: Sociologist says ‘scrap Named Person scheme’
Posted 9 years agoSociologist and Scotsman columnist Tiffany Jenkin has called for the Named Person scheme to be scrapped. Writing in a comment…
Continue ReadingHerald comment: Named Persons turning into a PR disaster
Posted 9 years agoHerald Scotland social affairs correspondent, Stephen Naysmith, has described the Named Person scheme as “a presentational fiasco”. Naysmith highlights the…
Continue ReadingChildren’s Panel Member says Named Person is “Clumsy and overblown”
Posted 9 years agoA Children’s Panel Member in Falkirk, which has been operating the ‘Getting It Right For Every Child’ (GIRFEC) approach for…
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