New guidance to medics on fabricated or induced illness (FII) risks widening the gulf between doctors and parents.

Allegations of fabricated or induced illness (FII) against parents are on the increase from councils trying to avoid paying for special needs services. That’s the claim from the Facebook support group Fiightback. Concerned parents set the group up at the end of last year. Leigh Jackman is one of the founder members. She says pressure on councils since […]

Parents of special needs children are increasingly vulnerable to allegations of fabricated or induced illness (FII). That’s the view of Evelyn Ashford, who runs advisory group Educational Equality. Ashford fears that councils are using the diagnosis to rein in parents who fight them for extra help for their special needs children. She said: “It absolutely […]

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