The Zohan

http://www.northamptonchron.co.uk/ne...hire_1_2456683


Whilst i applaud the Schools and NHS/social services getting involved where are the parents and what are THEY doing about it???

THE number of young people using drugs and being expelled from school is significantly worse in Northamptonshire compared to the country’s average, a new report has revealed.

The child health profile 2011 revealed six per cent of children, in years 8 and 10, admitted they have smoked cannabis or skunk one or more times in the last four weeks, compared to the English average of just 4 per cent.

Eighteen per cent of children reported they had been drunk one or more times in the last four weeks, compared to a national average of 15 per cent.

And last year 99 children were expelled from the county’s schools in 2009 – which equates to 0.23 per cent, compared to the 0.17 percent of the country’s school children who were expelled in the same year. The NHS hopes to address the findings in a new plan.

A spokesman for NHS Northamptonshire said: “The Child Health Profiles reflect a wide range of issues including education, social care and health.



“NHS Northamptonshire is working closely with its Local Authority and other partners to address these and the priority areas will be reflected in the Children’s Plan for Northamptonshire which is currently being produced.

Northamptonshire County council has also pledged to address the problem of expelled children and the sale of alcohol to youngsters.

Leslie

You hit the nail on the head Paul. Most of the major problems including binge drinking and drugs etc by young people is down to the parents who have not got the bottle or the sense of responsibility to take any interest in bringing their children up to respect authority and how to live in an ordered society.

Les