Children’s disability services register shows 'risk of harm' due to staff shortages

Steering group warned of risk of harm to children due to Government decision to re-instate special school resource causing dramatic resourcing inequities'.

An internal risk register for children’s disability community services shows "risk of harm" due to staff shortages is still an issue despite senior staff raising red flags about it two years ago.

The register is compiled by the National CDNT (Children’s Disability Network Teams) Steering Group. It look at risks for 93 teams which currently support more than 46,000 children and have over 13,000 on waiting lists, including 9,008 waiting longer than a year.