MPs say social care providers must be bound by Human Rights Act
All providers of publicly arranged or paid-for social care services must be bound by the Human Rights Act, a group of MPs suggest. The Joint Committee on Human Rights says
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Three care workers charged with neglect at Cumbria nursing home
Three people have been charged will ill treatment and willful neglect in connection with incidents at a Cumbria nursing home. The charges follow an investigation into safeguarding issues that were
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More information needed for a better understanding of private fostering
Ofsted has called on local authorities, local safeguarding children boards (LSCBs) and the Department for Education to work together to build a better understanding of the extent of private fostering
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Views sought in Ofsted consultation on childminder agency inspections
Ofsted is from today seeking views on how childminder agencies should be inspected. The government’s Children and Families Bill 2013 will allow for the creation of childminder agencies. They will
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Choice Care Group appoints new day services specialist
Specialist care provider Choice Care Group has appointed a new acting day service manager, further strengthening its commitment to encourage its service users to pursue a wide variety of interests
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Children’s department looks to recruit dozens for permanent vacancies
A total of 89 experienced social workers are being sought to take over from agency staff in Northamptonshire’s children’s department. The department employed large numbers of agency staff to help
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Consultation to improve regulation of health and social care providers
Proposed changes to Care Quality Commission registration requirements set out basic level of care that all health and care organisations must provide. The consultation asks for views on new draft
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Latest topics for NICE social care programme announced
Service user experience of social care, the care and support of older people with learning disabilities, and helping people regain independence are among the latest topics referred to NICE for
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Council social services cash running out as NHS faces winter crisis
Town halls could soon run out of cash unless more government funds are ploughed into social services for the elderly as hospital A& E departments face a growing crisis of
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Households on inadequate incomes increases by 20% – JRF report
New research published today by the Joseph Rowntree Foundation (JRF) shows the number of households living on incomes below the level needed to afford an adequate standard of living has
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