A care home provider has been fined £363,000 after failing to protect a woman who was raped by another resident responsible for almost 80 “sexualised” and violent incidents. The firm,
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A worker described their team as “struggling and broken” on a mental health ward for young people without enough staff to keep patients safe, a watchdog has said. The Care
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Specialists at the world’s most famous children’s hospital should try an experimental therapy on an 11-year-old girl suffering from leukaemia, a High Court judge has ruled. Doctors at Great Ormond
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Mounting mental health problems facing workers in social care could worsen because of severe staff shortages, a leading trade union has warned. Unison said its research suggested that a substantial
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Skills for Care has announced the Workforce Development Fund (WDF) 2021-22 is now open to adult social care employers in England to support the development of their staff at all
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Police have made an arrest following the death of a care home resident in Gloucester. The man, aged in his 70s, died on September 8 after being admitted to Gloucestershire
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Booster vaccines are to be offered to people aged 50 and over, those in care homes and frontline health and social care workers. The Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will be used as
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Lawyers for the Duke of York say a woman who accuses him of sexually assaulting her has a prior agreement “releasing the duke and others from any and all potential
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Children aged 12 to 15 in England are to be offered their first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine, Health Secretary Sajid Javid has said. The move comes after the chief
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The Work and Pensions Secretary has admitted not being aware of a Government report warning that the rise in National Insurance could increase the likelihood of family breakdown. Therese Coffey
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