Data resource: Children receiving care and support and children in need, administrative records in Wales.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In Wales, the Children in Need (CIN) dataset includes information relating to needs of children and social care support. Before the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 came into force in April 2016, this data collection was named the Children in Need census, changing to Children Receiving Care and Support (CRCS) after this date to reflect better the children eligible for inclusion. This paper describes these datasets, their potential for research and their limitations. We describe data that researchers can access via the Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank and exploratory linkages made to health records.

Methods

CIN and CRCS data were transferred to the SAIL Databank using a standardised approach to provide de-identified data with A

SUBMITTER: Lee A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9152699 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature