Every year – sometimes more often – the Fostering Network
very rightly reminds us about the chronic shortage of foster parents in Britain.
This year Robert
Tapsfield, the chief executive of the Fostering Network, tells us that despite
fostering services attracting more people to become foster carers, the
continuing rise of children coming into care means about nine thousand more foster
families are still required. http://www.fostering.net/news/2013/least-9000-new-foster-families-needed-in-2013#.UR0yfbaGl_
Someone in government needs to get a grip on this problem. Rather
than sitting back and allowing matters to drift, there needs to be a clear
strategy and concerted action.
