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| England adoption rates falling as IVF improves, says senior official | England adoption rates falling as IVF improves, says senior official |
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| A drop in the rate of children being adopted is partly caused by improvements in IVF, the head of the public body representing children in care has said. | A drop in the rate of children being adopted is partly caused by improvements in IVF, the head of the public body representing children in care has said. |
| The success rates for fertility treatment are now nearly three in 10 (29%) for women under 35, almost three times higher than when the process was first developed in 1978. | The success rates for fertility treatment are now nearly three in 10 (29%) for women under 35, almost three times higher than when the process was first developed in 1978. |
| Anthony Douglas, the chief executive of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, told the Daily Telegraph the adoption process was too slow. “IVF used to be around 7% successful and now it’s around 30%,” he said. “So as a choice, adoption is competing with lots of other ways of having children.” | Anthony Douglas, the chief executive of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service, told the Daily Telegraph the adoption process was too slow. “IVF used to be around 7% successful and now it’s around 30%,” he said. “So as a choice, adoption is competing with lots of other ways of having children.” |
| While the number of children in care has increased in England – the figure stood at 72,670 at the end of March 2017 – the number of adoptions has fallen from 5,360 in 2015 to 4,350 in 2017. | While the number of children in care has increased in England – the figure stood at 72,670 at the end of March 2017 – the number of adoptions has fallen from 5,360 in 2015 to 4,350 in 2017. |
| Douglas, who will step down from his role in March, said the wait for children to find their “forever home” needed to be cut. “Every child deserves a family to live and grow up in but adoption still takes twice as long as it should, which puts people off.” | Douglas, who will step down from his role in March, said the wait for children to find their “forever home” needed to be cut. “Every child deserves a family to live and grow up in but adoption still takes twice as long as it should, which puts people off.” |
| Figures from the Department for Education say that in England the average time between a child entering care and being adopted has fallen from 30 months to 24 months due to improvements in the early stages of the process. | Figures from the Department for Education say that in England the average time between a child entering care and being adopted has fallen from 30 months to 24 months due to improvements in the early stages of the process. |
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