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Childrens Homes: Profits Before Care?

Published: June 28, 2022, 7:40 p.m.

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Last month an independent children\\u2019s social care review concluded that providing care for children in residential homes 'should not be based on profit'. The government response was that they have no any objection to profit being made as long as standards of care are properly regulated.

But is there a difference in the standard of care between \\u2018for profit\\u2019 and \\u2018not-for-profit\\u2019 children\\u2019s homes? With exclusive access to new data from the regulator Ofsted, reporter Tom Wall investigates the companies that are making huge profits from the children\\u2019s homes to ask whether there is shortfall in care and whether the reforms suggested are necessary.

Tom also talks to care leavers and children who have experienced life in homes where profit is a priority.

This epsiode of File on 4 is a repeat of the programme first broadcast on Tuesday, June 28, 2022

Reporter: Tom Wall\\nProducer: Jim Booth\\nTechnical Producer: Richard Hannaford\\nJournalism Assistant: Tim Fernley\\nProduction Manager: Sarah Payton\\nEditor: Carl Johnston

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