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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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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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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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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The Committee for Employment and Learning has just launched an inquiry that will examine the level and quality of support available to young people with learning disabilities leaving full-time education.
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A serious case review has found the deaths of six Philpott children in a house fire started by their parents “could not have been predicted or prevented”. The report carried
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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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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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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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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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