More men must be recruited into the care sector to ensure there is an adequate workforce to meet the needs of future soaring numbers of older people requiring care. A
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A former council care home has been re-opened after being bought by a consortium of North Staffordshire doctors. However, St Michael’s Care Centre in Chell will no longer be specialising
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Women prisoners have been coerced into sex with staff in return for favours such as cigarettes or alcohol, campaigners said. Assaults known as “decrotching”, where women prisoners forcibly retrieve drugs
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Some social care services could be outsourced by Wolverhampton City Council as it attempts to save £123 million over the next five years. Proposals will be presented to the council’s
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Care home provider, Executive Care, has strengthened its management team and is recruiting heavily as the group undertakes a major corporate review. The 27-home group, based in the North East,
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An 85-year-old former Catholic priest today admitted sexually assaulting seven children, including altar boys, after spending more than 20 years on the run in Spain. Francis Paul Cullen was extradited
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Members of a child sex gang responsible for raping and sexually abusing girls as young as 12 were jailed today. The men and youths, of Czech and Slovak Roma, and
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The country’s top prosecutor has hit out at “new myths” suggesting sex abuse victims are financially motivated. Writing for The Times newspaper, Alison Saunders, Director of Public Prosecutions, has defended
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A hospital which looks after people with mental health problems has failed to meet expected levels of care and forced to send its patients elsewhere. Watchdog the Care Quality Commission
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A budget to tackle a £110 million funding gap by 2018, including £25M from social care, has been agreed by Leicestershire County Council. Including this year’s savings, the council has
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