A High Court judge has approved a plan which will see a teenager with behavioural difficulties temporarily kept locked in a council house because social services staff cannot find appropriate
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Priti Patel has insisted no part of the state should turn a blind eye to grooming of children, to avoid a repeat of the Rotherham scandal. The Home Secretary said
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A cluster of coronavirus cases has been identified at a care home in Glasgow, Nicola Sturgeon has announced. Speaking at the Scottish Government’s briefing on Monday, the First Minister said
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The Government has been condemned for excluding social care workers from its new immigration rules, with the move described as an “embarrassing shambles”. It was announced on Monday that a
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The UK is among the countries to have recorded the highest number of health and social care worker deaths during the coronavirus crisis, according to a report by Amnesty International.
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The “appalling abuse” of modern day slavery in the UK will take a “long time” to stamp out, the Justice Secretary has said, as another fashion brand announced an investigation
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Three women have been charged after a police investigation into the alleged mistreatment of residents at a care home. Police revealed in May that they were examining complaints at Springvale
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Leading charities have joined forces to call on the Government to allow relatives of dementia patients to be treated as key workers, it has been reported. According to the BBC,
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Families will soon be able to start visiting relatives in care homes in England again, Health Secretary Matt Hancock has said. Mr Hancock said the Government would be setting out
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A lack of joined-up health and social care services led to an increased number of older people dying during the coronavirus pandemic, a charity leader has said. Untrained care staff
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