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Failure to Care? The Debate

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Rageh Omaar at the Failure to Care? debate

Thursday 07 May 2009

Is Britain's care system in crisis or do we simply not care enough about these 'forgotten' children? Is it time to rethink long-held attitudes and reassess how we manage residential care, fostering and adoption or - in reacting to extremes - are we in danger of throwing out a stem that works for the majority of children?

As part of the Britain's Forgotten Children season, Channel 4 hosted Failure to Care? a major public debate chaired by Dispatches reporter Rageh Omaar. Joining Rageh were panellists Baroness Morgan, shadow minister for children Tim Loughton MP, adoption campaigner David Akinsanya, Mo O'Reilly, director of child placement at BAAF, Martin Narey, chief executive of Barnardo's and Robert Tapsfield, chief executive of the Fostering Network.

Watch video highlights of the debate (launches pop-up)

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