FGM estimated to affect one in 20 women in Southwark, says report
As many as one in every 20 women in one London borough is believed to have undergone female genital mutilation (FGM). A report by City University London and human rights
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Skills for Care Accolades now open for nominations
Entries are now open for Skills for Care’s Accolades awards acknowledging the sectors outstanding employers and individuals delivering high quality care. The Accolades gives entrants the chance to gain recognition
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Report: Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care – Interim findings
A new report from the Commission on Acute Adult Psychiatric Care (CAAPC) has published it’s interim findings into the provision of acute inpatient psychiatric beds and alternatives to admission available for
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New study shows value of music therapy for dementia carers and patients
A study which saw dementia patients undergo music therapy resulted in improvements to their symptoms and wellbeing as well as a reduction in disruptiveness to staff at their care home.
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Government delays introducing £72K cap on social care costs
The Government is delaying plans to introduce a £72,000 cap on social care costs until April 2020, the Department of Health has announced. Limits on the amount an individual paid
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Judge rules against social workers in alleged baby assault case
Social services staff have failed to prove that a five-month-old baby suffered broken bones as a result of an assault after a family court judge heard that he was probably
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Goverment leadership ‘urgently required’ to support care leavers
Too many young people in care are not receiving the support they need when they leave to start life on their own, the Whitehall spending watchdog has warned. The National
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Gove in call for prisoner education shake-up to tackle re-offending rates
Prisons are failing to effectively rehabilitate criminals, Michael Gove will say today as he laments Britain’s “horrifying” failure to reduce re-offending rates. The Justice Secretary will float the idea of
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New NHS controls unlikely to have much impact on agency spending
More than 60 per cent of NHS trust finance directors think controls on agency spending announced in June will not significantly reduce the amount spent on agency staff, according to
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ONS reveal dramatic rise in sexual offences reported to police
Crime figures ‘lowest since 1981’ but police stats show sex offences increase. Crime has fallen to its lowest level since 1981, according to the national victims’ survey, but police recorded
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