Age UK warns on ‘marked rise’ social care delays
There has been a ‘marked rise’ in the length of time elderly people are held up in hospital while they wait for social care, a charity has warned. Age UK
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Archbishop of York: UK poverty gap ‘human rights abuse’
The Archbishop of York has described gaps in life expectancy between rich and poor in Britain as a “human rights abuse” as he warned against a “smug” attitude to images
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Delegates gather for international rape summit
Angelina Jolie and Foreign Secretary William Hague are to co-chair the largest gathering ever brought together on the subject of sexual violence in conflict. The global summit – End Sexual
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Call for more support for victims of rape as review launched
More needs to be done to improve police investigation of sexual offences and to stop jurors being biased when cases come to court, senior legal figures said today. The Metropolitan
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Serious Care Review due on Orchid View care home
A Serious Case Review (SCR) will be published today after five elderly people died after suffering neglect at a scandal-hit care home riddled with “institutionalised abuse”. A press conference this
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Child poverty measurement ‘particularly lamentable’
The Government’s plans to end child poverty are doomed to failure, its adviser on social mobility has warned as new estimates revealed the UK will be home to 3.5 million
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Gloucestershire council to consult on further social care cuts
Social care in Gloucestershire is being targeted by the county council which said it wanted to cut £75m from its budget over the next three years, according to the BBC.
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Teenagers with disabilities lack appropriate support, warns CQC
There is “no excuse” for providers and commissioners of care to ignore national guidance that supports young people who are disabled or have long term health needs move from children’s
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NSPCC: 99% of children still give evidence from court buildings
Thousands of child sexual abuse victims are being left frightened, depressed and even suicidal after giving evidence in court – 25 years after a major government inquiry said they should
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SCR makes over 30 recommendations to prevent future ‘institutionalised abuse’
More than 30 recommendations have been made in a Serious Case Review (SCR) to prevent a repeat of the ‘institutionalised abuse’ which led to the death of five elderly people
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