News - Scottish Children’s Services Coalition

September 13, 2015

Sophie Pilgrim - Time for a rethink on the Blue Badge for those children with autism

Sophie Pilgrim, Director of Kindred and member of the Scottish Children’s Services Coalition writes, in The Scotsman on qualifying requirements for a Blue Badge. Published on 10th September. Perhaps it is an obvious thing to say, but categorising disability is hugely complex. How do you judge the impact of disability for an adult versus disability for a child? […]

August 25, 2015

Urgent action called for as more than half of Health Board figures fail to meet mental health waiting time targets

NHS Scotland as a whole fails to meet waiting time target dating from March 2013 Four Health Boards are failing to meet a 26 week waiting time target dating from March 2013: NHS Forth Valley, NHS Fife, NHS Lothian and NHS Tayside Eight Health Boards are failing to meet an 18 week waiting time target dating […]

August 20, 2015

New figures on teacher cuts set to have a major impact on children with additional support needs

Thousands of Scottish children with additional support needs (ASN) may not be getting the support they need according to a coalition of leading third and independent sector service providers. The Scottish Children’s Services Coalition (SCSC) (see Notes to Editors for members), a coalition of organisations dealing with those with learning difficulties and complex needs as […]

August 3, 2015

SCSC letter to the media welcoming Mental Health Summit

As a coalition we were delighted to be represented at the Mental Health Summit hosted by Jim Hume MSP (31st July 2015). This highlighted some of the key issues facing the sector and the realisation that we are facing a lost generation of children and young people who are not receiving the care and support […]

July 6, 2015

Scottish Health Board figures on child and adolescent mental health expenditure highlight critical need for greater spending

Only 0.45% of NHS Scotland expenditure is spent on child and adolescent mental health, compared with 0.7% in England Only 5.56% of the mental health budget is spent on child and adolescent mental health Across all 14 NHS Boards expenditure on child and adolescent mental health was 0.7% or less Call by the SCSC for […]

July 1, 2015

Response to the report from the Children’s Commissioners to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child

Sophie Pilgrim, Director of Kindred Scotland, speaking for the Scottish Children’s Services Coalition, said: “The report from the Children’s Commissioners to the UN Committee on the Rights of the Child highlights many of the issues we have been campaigning on for some time. “With a 35% increase in the number of children and young people […]

May 26, 2015

New Health Board figures on waiting times highlight urgent action needed to deliver on mental health targets

NHS Scotland as a whole fails to meet waiting time target dating from March 2013 3 Health Boards fail to meet 26-week waiting time target dating from March 2013 NHS Forth Valley, NHS Tayside, NHS Lothian 6 health boards failing to meet 18-week waiting time target dating from December 2014 NHS Fife, NHS Forth Valley, […]

May 26, 2015

SCSC letter to the media welcoming additional funding of £85m by the Scottish Government in CAMHS

As a coalition whose members deliver specialist care and education services for children and young people with complex needs, we were delighted to see our campaign for increased investment in child and adolescent mental health services has delivered a successful outcome, with the recent announcement of £85m in additional funding by the Scottish Government. This […]

May 22, 2015

Comment in The Scotsman: Apprenticeships must include the vulnerable

The 18th to 22nd of May marks the annual Scottish Apprenticeship Week, presenting an ideal opportunity to raise awareness of the benefits of a Modern Apprenticeship for both employers and young people, as well as highlighting the merit in considering those with additional support needs (ASN) as candidates for such positions. In February 2015 the Scottish Government announced […]

May 18, 2015

SCSC letter to the media urging employers to take on a Modern Apprenticeship with ASN

Monday marks the beginning of Scottish Apprenticeship Week and given this we are delighted to note the Scottish Government’s recent pledge of £500,000 to support apprenticeship opportunities for under-represented groups such as care leavers and those with a disability, something we have been campaigning on for some time. Figures from Skills Development Scotland show that […]

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