1 hour ago · England
Fostering in crisis: can flexible care models fix England’s child placement shortfall?
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SignalsMonitor is following this as a general story. The Guardian UK is the outlet attached so far. The reports are tied to England. The first report grouped here was at 13 Oct 2026, 23:01 UTC. The headline in use is “Fostering in crisis: can flexible care models fix England’s child placement shortfall?”. This note is SignalsMonitor's own briefing, not the publisher's article.
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New recruitment campaign to target adults in their 30s and 40s in bid to create 10,000 new foster care places Viennetta Basterfield, 67, spent two decades fostering more than 100 children in her west London home before she and her husband handed in the reins during Covid. Her own mother…
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Fostering in crisis: can flexible care models fix England’s child placement shortfall?
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- The Guardian