Social care in England must be urgently reformed after the Covid-19 pandemic coupled with a chronic lack of investment “threatened to break an already fragile system”, a doctors’ union has
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A serial thief who repeatedly targeted hospitals during the national Covid-19 lockdown has been given a four-and-a-half year jail term. Wayne Bradley, 30, described by West Midlands Police as a
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The Government must ban councils from placing all vulnerable children in unregulated accommodation amid concerns over sexual and criminal exploitation, the Children’s Commissioner for England has said. Anne Longfield (pictured)
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A man has won a family court fight over the care of two children after going on anger management courses. Council social workers raised concern about the man’s “physical chastisement”
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A 16-year-old boy who is involved in gangs and drugs should go into council care for his own safety, a judge has decided. Deputy High Court judge Darren Howe ruled
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Boris Johnson has urged people to limit their social contact “as much as possible” and to minimise interactions with other households as he outlined new measures to control a surge
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A series of “injustices” are embedded in the current social care system but long-term funding and reform plans have been delayed by coronavirus, the Health Secretary has said. Matt Hancock
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There are growing signs tough new Covid-19 lockdown measures could be imposed across Birmingham by the end of the week after infections rocketed. The infection rate in Birmingham now stands
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A sports psychologist who bludgeoned his mother to death to fund his “sham lifestyle” has been jailed for life. Robert Child, 37, inflicted a “merciless attack” on his 64-year-old mother
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Robots could be introduced to help care for the elderly after a study showed they can improve mental health and have the potential to reduce loneliness in older people. The
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