A woman with mental health difficulties has been awarded £3,000 damages after a judge concluded that her son had been unlawfully taken from her care by local authority social services
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Some £2 billion has been spent on 12 hospital mergers in the past five years despite little evidence they work, according to a report. Mergers are designed to help NHS
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Dame Sally Davies, the Government’s chief medical officer has been accused of attempting to soften the impact of controversial Alzheimer’s study before the findings were published by the leading journal
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BASW UK Chief Executive and General Secretary of SWU Bridget Robb announced her intention to retire and will stand down from her joint role at the AGM in 2016. Bridget
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Social worker Samantha Lockyer has been suspended from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) register for 12 months for a serious number of failings. As a child care social
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Scotland Yard has defended a controversial inquiry into claims of murder and child abuse by establishment figures. The Metropolitan Police issued a lengthy statement following a slew of reports raising
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A police force has been ordered to make immediate improvements after a watchdog found it had an “inconsistent” response to child sexual exploitation. Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) said
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A rising number of teenage boys were taken to hospital as the result of “very serious” violent attacks at a prison for young offenders, a new report has found. Her
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The Care and Support Alliance has joined forces with the Association of Directors of Adult Services (ADASS), the Care Provider Alliance (CPA) and the NHS Confederation to call on the
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The social care system will “crash” without an immediate injection of cash, former health minister Norman Lamb has warned. Mr Lamb said soaring care costs combined with NHS trusts facing
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