Children and families service to be analysed

The Children and Families Service on Island will be analysed at by a Tynwald committee next week.

Health and Social Care Minister, David Ashford MHK, will be among senior health officials to give evidence to the Social Affairs Policy Review Committee next Monday (November 9).

Director of the Children and Families Service, Deborah Brayshaw, will appear before the panel from 10.30am, before Mr Ashford along with the Department's Interim Chief Executive, Kathryn Magson, give evidence at 2pm.

The committee will be looking into how the service operates as well as the impact Covid-19 has had  - all evidence will be heard in public at Legislative Buildings in Douglas on the day.