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Episode 221 - Adoption Crisis and More

Episode 221 - Adoption Crisis and More

Update: 2025-12-06
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Hello and welcome to this episode of the adoption and fostering podcast. With the wide ranging coverage in the news of the UK's adoption crisis we focus in on that in this episode as well as the response from adoption agencies and the children's minister. 


There's a lot to unpack but we give it a go and then have a little chat about the drop in foster carers in the UK and the review announced in to mental health and neurodiversity diagnosis announced. 


BBC Adoption Crisis here


Debate in Parliament transcript here


Walking with Families Peer support here


As always if you’ve experience of adoption, fostering or special guardianship from any perspective personal or professional and would like share that on the podcast please get in touch through the Facebook page, BlueSky or email us at AandFpodcast@gmail.com


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Episode 221 - Adoption Crisis and More

Episode 221 - Adoption Crisis and More

Al Coates & Scott Casson-Rennie