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<p>The government gave a commitment to update the statutory guidance, ‘Promoting the
health and wellbeing of looked-after children’ and extend it to care leavers up to
age 25, in the ‘Stable Homes, Built on Love’ strategy for the reform of children’s
social care. The update forms part of the wider mission in the strategy, to reduce
the disparities in long-term mental and physical health outcomes and improve wellbeing
for care-experienced people.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education and the Department
of Health and Social Care are taking forward this update together, and work is underway
to understand how the current guidance is working in practice and where changes are
necessary. This includes consideration of whether there is a need to include further
guidance regarding mental health support for looked-after children and care leavers,
as well as consideration of whether there is a need to include further guidance relating
to cohorts with particular characteristics.</p><p> </p><p>The department will work
with a wide range of stakeholders with a diversity of professional and personal experience
to ensure that the guidance is sensitive to the health and wellbeing needs of all
looked-after children and care leavers, including those with protected characteristics
as part of government’s duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010.</p>
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