Care services for more than 300 people and jobs for over 100 staff have been saved in Plymouth after a provider went into voluntary administration. 1st Call Homecare delivered social
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The death of a five-year-old boy who was stabbed to death by his mentally ill mother could not have been “predicted or prevented”, according to a new report. Emma Jackson
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European regulators have, for the first time, approved a drug containing cannabis for rare, but severe, forms of childhood epilepsy. The drug Epidyolex is now available for use in the
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Labour has pledged to halve food bank usage within twelve months if they enter government, and will try to end the need for them altogether within three years. Shadow environment
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The use of music playlists in A&E wards was found to have a calming effect on almost all elderly dementia patients in a trial. In an eight-week project carried out
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There is “no evidence of a culture of abuse” among current staff at a scandal-hit immigration centre but a string of ongoing problems still need attention, inspectors said. The BBC
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More than half of the people held in an immigration detention centre during a six-month period were then released back into the community instead of being deported. Campaigners branded the
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Care leavers in full time education and living in their own council property will not be required to pay rent while they study as part of a new initiative. West
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A new inspection of health and social care in Perth & Kinross published today has reported integration has been ‘slow to progress’ and ‘structures and processes had not been developed
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Fewer than one in three young people would feel comfortable asking for help if they felt lonely, a new study suggests. Research by the Co-op’s charity indicated that most young
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