‘Neglected’ fostering services face crisis in morale and funding, warns UK charity

Survey reveals critical shortage in placements with government accused of ‘relying on goodwill of carers to supplement the state’

Ministers are facing demands for a comprehensive overhaul of foster care after Britain’s most comprehensive assessment of the service revealed low morale, funding shortfalls and poor support has fuelled a critical shortage of carers.

Only a handful of fostering services across the UK now say they have the types of carers they need to meet the demand for fostering places in their area, while the pressures on the system mean that little more than half of foster carers said they could currently recommend the role to others.

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