Distressed Leeds girl left without proper education for months Leeds City Council left a young girl without proper education for nine months after she started refusing to go to her primary school because of anxiety, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. The girl, who was 10 when the events started, became increasingly anxious about going to school until the school asked her mo ...

Monthly News August 2024 22 Aug 2024 Teen with significant support needs on brink of homelessness because Devon County Council couldn’t decide where he should live 07 Aug 2024 Kingston council slept on resident’s fly-tipping concerns, Ombudsman reports

Vulnerable children removed from foster carers who wanted to adopt them The Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has asked East Riding of Yorkshire Council to apologise to a foster couple after it removed two vulnerable children, they hoped to adopt, from their care. The couple took on the children after their birth parents were unable to look after them. When they were removed from their p ...

Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights Contents: Chapter index for Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights Updated: 18 July 2024 Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights search Search this content Submit search Part 5 • Common Issues and Learning Points: Avoiding a ‘box ticking’ approach In ...

Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights Contents: Chapter index for Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights Updated: 18 July 2024 Equal justice: learning lessons from complaints about people’s human rights search Search this content Submit search Part 5 • Common Issues and Learning Points: Avoiding a ‘box ticking’ approach In ...

Yorkshire man with dementia left unsupported in hotel for too long A Calderdale man was left in unsuitable hotel accommodation for too long, because council departments did not work together, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. The man, who had a rapidly-progressing form of dementia, became homeless in October 2021. The council placed him in temporary hotel accommodation whi ...

Councils urged to check information sharing agreements following complaint Councils are being urged to check they have adequate information sharing agreements with their service providers, after one council was not able to comply with an agreed Ombudsman remedy because it could not get hold of the data needed. London Borough of Ealing had agreed to the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman’s ...

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Yearly News 2018 12 Dec 2018 Guidance for councils on admitting summer born children to school 12 Dec 2018 Councils reminded of their duty to provide alternative education 04 Dec 2018 Councils mustn’t throw out the rule book in the face of pressure, says Ombudsman 28 Nov 2018 Social care pressures reflected in Ombudsman’s annual review of complaints 20 Nov 2018 Bedford couple’s support withdrawal ...