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Somerset Council failed to implement the correct statutory process to examine a complaint about an unsatisfactory transition from children’s to adults’ services

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Decision date: 29 November 2024 Summary  The complaint was concerned with an unsatisfactory children’s to adults’ services transition in the context of mental illness, and a lack of multi-disciplinary working at the right time. But the main problem was the use of the wrong complaints process by the Council.  What happened In February 2024 Ms […]

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Portsmouth City Council at fault for the inappropriate way in which it dealt with a former relevant child

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Decision date: 16/01/20 What happened Mr X is a ‘former relevant child’ who suffers from a variety of health conditions which have a serious effect on his ability to communicate in a respectful way. He was placed under the Council’s responsibility in 2010 under the Children Act, section 20 and agreed to the proposed academic

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