College of Social Work announce transfer of several resources to BASW
The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) is to take on a set of College of Social Work (TSCW) of key functions and resources ahead of the College’s closure in
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Care home workers convicted over dementia sufferer who was scalded in hot bath
Two care home owners and a care assistant have been convicted of ill-treating a 99-year-old dementia sufferer who was immersed in a scalding hot bath. A jury at Preston Crown
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Health and public service failures revealed in ombudsman report
The cases of three patients whose deaths could have been avoided are among more than 100 examples in a report on public service failures and poor complaint handling in the
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DWP deletes ‘claimant’ quotes from leaflet after admitting they were made up
Welfare officials have deleted a series of quotes from a benefits leaflet after being forced to admit they were made up. The document carried pictures of two “claimants” next to
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‘Brain’ grown in laboratory dish will help research for Alzheimer’s
A near-complete human brain comparable with that of a five-week-old foetus has been grown in a laboratory dish. The brain “organoid” was created from reprogrammed skin cells and is about
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Government urged to decriminalise drug use and test regulated cannabis markets
Legal cannabis markets should be tested and drug use decriminalised as part of a radical new approach that pays more heed to human rights laws, according to a group of
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Care home manager ‘tried to take £22,000 from elderly resident’
A care home deputy manager tried to take more than £22,000 belonging to an elderly resident, a tribunal heard. Ratnamanee Bundhoo obtained three signed cheques in the summer of 2012
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Government urged to provide apprenticeships for care system leavers
Thousands of apprenticeships should be reserved for 16 to 18-year-olds who are being fostered in the care system, the Government is being urged. Barnardo’s said 20,000 placements should be made
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Mental health diagnosis stigmatising, even among professionals treating patients
Diagnosing patients with medical labels such as “personality disorder” and “schizophrenia” can lead to less effective treatments being delivered, research has found. Up to five people in every 100 are
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Call to discipline GPs for over-prescribing antibiotics ‘unhelpful’
Calls for GPs to face disciplinary action for over-prescribing antibiotics have been criticised as “counter-productive and unhelpful” by leading doctors. The General Medical Council said GPs are under “enormous pressure”
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