Reports reveal the poorest pay the price for austerity
The number of public sector workers on low wages doubles to more than one million, with women and part-time staff disproportionately affected by squeeze on incomes. The biggest drop in
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Rochdale child sex exploitation: Inquiry to begin
An inquiry into child sexual exploitation is to be held to assess improvements in protecting youngsters since the Rochdale grooming case. Greater Manchester’s Police and Crime Commissioner Tony Lloyd announced
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Care assistant posts image of vulnerable woman on social media
A care assistant took a photograph of an elderly woman lying asleep and semi-naked and posted it on social media. The distressing image was put on the Snapchat app, which
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Bluebird Care agency expands to create jobs in Paulton
Forty jobs are to be created by a care agency based at the Somer Valley Enterprise Park at Paulton. Bluebird Care (Bath and North East Somerset), which also has officers
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Doncaster care workers face 50 per cent pay cut
Workers who care for adults with learning disabilities in Doncaster are considering strike action over proposals to slash their pay. Employees who work for Care UK are said to be
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York service users critical of new system
People who use social care services in York face being left isolated and insufficiently supported, a survey has found. Findings were revealed in a report to City of York Council’s
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Essex County Council responds to C-section care case
Essex County Council has responded to the media reports concerning the delivery, without the mother’s consent, of a baby by caesarean section and the child’s removal into care of the
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Social services obtain court order to remove unborn child from women
A pregnant woman has had her baby forcibly removed by caesarean section. Essex social services obtained a High Court order for the woman to be sedated and her baby daughter
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‘Gross neglect’ led to death of Leicester care home pensioner
A catalogue of failures which contributed to the death of an elderly care home resident who fell to the ground from a first floor landing amounted to “gross neglect”, a
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Lancashire nursing home staff guilty of abuse
Three care workers have been found guilty of abusing elderly residents of a care home in Lancashire. The female staff members at Hillcroft Nursing Home mocked, bullied and assaulted residents,
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