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Protection?

Campaigners criticised the Scottish Government in late November for scrapping an expert committee on the implementation of the Named Person (NP) legislation, set to come into force next year, at the point it raised valid child protection risks which contradicted government aims for the NP scheme.

Christian Institute / en

Minutes from a meeting of the GIRFEC (Getting It Right For Every Child) Programme Board last year have revealed that Police Scotland ‘raised issues surrounding ensuring high-risk children remained a focus’.