Derbyshire County Council has been accused of failing children with special educational needs
Laura says she has been waiting 40 weeks - double the legal deadline - to get a care planA mum has said her five-year-old son, who has special educational needs, is being failed by their local authority.
The council rejected her initial request for an Education, Health and Care plan - a legal document that sets out a child's needs and what support they require.However, Laura said she had not had any information since."Any emails I send to children's services are met with 'It's in a queue, we're working through the queue at the moment'.
"I know that from talking to parents, one of the huge challenges we're facing [is] we can't contact anyone at Derbyshire County Council. "This is a national issue and other local authorities and services are facing similar increases in demand, as well challenges recruiting the specialist staff required to produce and feed into the plans."As a result of the very high levels of demand, as well as other challenges, we acknowledge that Derbyshire's performance in completing EHCPs within the 20-week deadline has not been good enough.
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