Half of England’s large care home providers for the elderly have at least one in four failing homes in their network, a study has found. Analysis of Care Quality Commission
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A Detective Constable has been sacked for looking up information on a domestic abuse victim for her partner’s friend who turned out to be a suspect in the case. Jessica
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An obese 12-year-old girl could be taken from the care of her mother after a doctor raised concerns about her health. Council social services bosses have begun family court litigation
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A doctor will be sentenced for committing a string of sex attacks on patients, including women who had complained of back pain and hay fever. Jaswant Rathore was convicted at
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Councils have warned of a rise in the number of potential modern slavery victims identified as they called on the public to act as the “first line of defence” in
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The NHS in England is in a “dangerous downward spiral” by “haemorrhaging” nurses, experts have warned. The Royal College of Nursing (RCN) urged ministers to act after new analysis concluded
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A minister for loneliness has been appointed to help tackle the misery endured by around nine million Britons. Theresa May has backed a series of recommendations made by the Jo
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Council social services bosses must think long and hard before trying to take severely-disabled children from the care of their parents, the most senior family court judge in England and
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Boris Johnson’s comment that the Leave campaign under-estimated when it claimed Brexit would allow an extra £350 million to be spent on the NHS weekly has been branded “ridiculous”. Leading
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A council has been criticised for erecting posters that make passers-by “suspicious of homeless people”. The poster, by Gloucester City Council, states: “Are you really helping homeless people? “In some
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