Research highlights more support needed for children with ill parents

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OU research reveals that the needs of children whose parents or carers are seriously ill, are often neglected.

Academics from the Children's Research Centre at the OU worked with the charity Hope Support Services, which supports young people going through a family health crisis to produce a research report which highlighted the extent of the issue and made recommendations.

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