Care Leavers Four Times More Likely to Die — New Report Reveals Shocking Mortality Rates Share For thousands of young people leaving the UK’s care system, turning eighteen should mark the beginning of independence — a chance to build a future. Instead, for many, it signals the start of a perilous descent into isolation, poverty, and tragedy. A new government-commissioned report has revealed that care leavers aged between 18 and 24 are four times more likely to die than their peers in the general population — a statistic that lays bare the devastating consequences of a system that too often abandons those it was meant to protect. The report describes a “cliff edge” where young adults exit care with no safety net and catastrophic consequences . Once they leave, the scaffolding of support that sustained them through childhood collapses almost overnight. Many lose access to housing stability, mental health services, and financial guidance — the very ...
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