Council Denies 'Quota' Claims ; 100pc Rise in Kids Up for Adoption

Sunday Sun › November 29, 2007

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A COUNCIL at the centre of a controversial move to take a child into care at birth has seen a 100 per cent increase in kids it puts up for adoption in the last five years, we can reveal.

Northumberland County Council claims mum-to-be Fran Lyon might develop Munchausen syndrome by proxy, Msbp, where sufferers harm people - usually children - to gain attention from medical professionals.

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Council Denies 'Quota' Claims ; 100pc Rise in Kids Up for Adoption

Ms Lyon, 22, of Hexham, Northumberland, came under scrutiny because she had a mental health problem when she was 16 after being physically and emoti...

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