{
  "id": 6329352,
  "title": "No evidence that Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs have improved child protection outcomes",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/08/no-evidence-that-multi-agency-safeguarding-hubs-have-improved-child",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-09-08T21:00:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-09-evidence-multi-agency-safeguarding-hubs.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "New research concludes that Multi-Agency Safeguarding Hubs (MASHs) are failing to provide better protection for children in England, instead causing families distress and putting more pressure on social care resources.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}