The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has appointed Kate Terroni as Chief Inspector of Adult Social Care (ASC). Kate is due to start the role in May, taking over from Debbie
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European care workers must be able to continue to come to the UK to work after Brexit, a leading charity for older people has urged ministers. Age UK said the
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A rise in the number of family court cases means corners may have to be cut, a senior judge has warned. Sir Andrew McFarlane, president of the Family Division of
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Ministers have faced fresh pressure to overhaul their approach to people with ME and chronic fatigue syndrome. Senior Tories Nicky Morgan and Justine Greening were among the MPs to support
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Prisons Minister Rory Stewart has sought to play down reports that convicted sex offenders have been housed in budget hotel chains upon their release from prison. Mr Stewart (pictured), who
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A spending squeeze on councils is creating an “untenable and unsustainable” situation, ministers have been told. The Government heard that its austerity drive had left some local authorities struggling “to
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A woman who coached her three children to say “negative things” about their father without justification must have the youngsters taken from her care, a family court judge has ruled.
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Convicted sex offenders who should have been closely monitored in bail hostels have instead been housed in budget hotel chains on their release from prison, inspectors have found. A shock
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Ofsted has been accused of scrutinising young Muslim girls who wear the hijab because they want to “look like their mum”. Labour MP Shabana Mahmood grilled Amanda Spielman on the
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A common gum disease bug plays a “central role” in the development of Alzheimer’s, scientists claim. The new evidence that infectious bacteria drive Alzheimer’s progression could potentially transform current thinking
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