Our resources
Data and reports
We have produced the following needs assessments relating to children in care:
Children in care
Children in care have significantly higher levels of health needs than children and young people from comparable socio-economic backgrounds not living in care. Their life opportunities and outcomes are also often much poorer, and poor health is a factor in this. In 2021, more than 1,600 children in Kent were in care.
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External resources
A number of organisations produce statistics relating to the health of children in care, both at national and local levels.
- The Department for Education publishes a range of statistics on Children in Care, including health outcomes.
- The Office for Health Improvement & Disparities (OHID) Child Health Profiles provide snapshot overviews of child health for local areas and include some data on Children in Care.
- The KCC area profiles contain recent data on the number of Children in Care.