Row breaks out over Leicester care home closure
A row has broken out over the closure of Leicester’s Fosse Court Care Home, with the owners claiming they were subject to “inappropriate pressure” by inspectors. Central to the problems
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NSPCC insist covering up abuse should be criminal offence
Covering-up child abuse should be made a criminal offence, says the head of the NSPCC Peter Wanless. The child protection charity’s chief executive, who is leading a review into how
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Justice system to examine treatment of victims of crime
Criminal justice agencies, including the courts and police, are to be subjected to in-depth reviews to find out how they treat victims, it has been announced. The reviews have been
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NHS chief announces plan for patients to control care budget
Vulnerable patients are to be given control of taxpayers’ cash to fund their own treatment in the community under a plan to save money and keep them out of hospitals,
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Concern over decision of Baroness to head abuse inquiry
Concerns have been raised about choice of a former High Court judge to oversee the Government’s inquiry into allegations of an establishment cover-up of child sex abuse. Baroness Butler-Sloss (pictured)
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Survey: Most satfisfied with social care contact with 6% feeling isolated
Six per cent of people in need of adult social care feel socially isolated and have little contact with friends, family or neighbours, according a survey from the Health and
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Three staff suspended from MacIntyre learning disability school
Following a recent whistleblowing incident, three members of staff have been suspended from work, pending a police investigation, at MacIntyre’s School at Wingrave, Buckinghamshire. Sarah Burslem, Managing Director, said “After
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Cornwall cancels adult care contracts over performance
Fourteen charities which provide services in Cornwall will have funding stopped in July affecting hundreds of vulnerable adults across the county. Some of the providers affected include Cornwall Stroke Support,
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Home secretary announces wide-ranging child abuse probe
An independent inquiry is to investigate the handling by public bodies of allegations of child sex abuse, Home Secretary Theresa May has announced. The announcement in the House of Commons
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NSPCC ‘deeply concerned’ by numbers of children committing sexual abuse
More than 8,000 under-18s were accused of sexual offences against other children in the last two years, according to figures obtained by the NSPCC. The children’s charity contacted 42 police
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