The number of completed Deprivation of Liberty (DoL) applications have risen for the fourth year running, according to new figures from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC). During
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Manchester’s child protection services have been downgraded to ‘inadequate’ by government inspectors. A report from Ofsted found Manchester City Council took ‘insufficient action’ to address local problems, which saw 486
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The national charity 4Children has written to the Prime Minister calling for him to establish a new high level, stand-alone inquiry into the extent of Child Sexual Exploitation in Rotherham
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Unsuitable housing is leaving thousands of older people facing unnecessary delays in being discharged from hospital, according to new analysis by Age UK. Official figures show that patients who need
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More than half of probation workers have been actively looking for a new job in the last 12 months in the wake of Government proposals to privatise the service, a
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NHS Trusts should sell surplus land next to hospitals to build enough care homes and supported living apartments to meet increasing demand, Paul Burstow MP will say. The former Care
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One of the largest hospital trusts in England is to be put into a failure regime because of “serious failures” in patient safety. East Kent Hospitals University NHS Foundation Trust
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The Royal British Legion has launched a network of drop-in centres and hundreds of community outreach hubs to help thousands more people as part of the biggest transformation in its
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A family court judge has blocked a local authority’s attempt to take a baby into care after criticising a social worker. Judge Iain Hamilton (pictured) dismissed Manchester City Council’s application
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Fears of being seen as racist should never get in the way of stopping child sexual exploitation, Home Secretary Theresa May said as she promised the Government would learn the
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