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There should be national standards for providing reports to Children's Hearings. This must be a priority.

Creating these national standards should involve developing a standardised pro forma report template. This should:

  • work across all 32 local authorities, and
  • capture all relevant information held by agencies and organisations.

Doing this will help Panels make decisions which are both:

  • robust, and
  • evidence-informed.

This should be operational across the Children’s Hearings System.

It should recognise the different approaches and assessments that exist across Scotland. But it should do this while creating a standardised reporting process.

And it must be led nationally, but include multi-agency and local authority representation.