They should also have several years of experience in care planning.

Children in care could go to the best schools - but they hardly ever do.

She spent most of her childhood in care, and has two children.

In caring for their kids, they seem to do everything right.

All had experience in caring for patients at the end of life.

Recently Chinese officials have started to show a quiet interest in care.

And yet the state had become a model in caring for them.

I was just wondering, what is it like to play a role as a child in care?

That knowledge, they said, can lead to major improvements in care.

Each year we advise some 800 families with children in care.

But just five - from two families - ended up in care.

Children in care could not do this, so we needed to find a substitute.

If that's the case, your argument has absolutely nothing to do with the number of children in care.

Among our city's 45,000 foster children, the average stay in care is now 3.8 years.

They use those that deliver the best values in care.

In caring for both patients and children, I've learned how important just being there is.

This explains the large number of children in care homes.

Instead she was far more interested in caring for her son.

But, for many people in care homes, this is asking too much.

Otherwise, I and the other members of my family could have found ourselves in care.

The outcomes for children in care are the worst of all.

Kids in care have too many other problems to allow them to flourish at school.

Some live in care of a local authority or with other relatives, and sometimes a friend.

Brown says the government is working with local authorities to identify the best support for children in care.

A final column will look at changes in care over the decades.