Sixteen inspiring social workers have been honoured for their commitment to social work and described as “tremendous role models” for the profession after they took home the top prizes at
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Britain’s biggest care homes group Four Seasons has reported another set of improving results as the company’s private equity owner continues crunch talks with lenders aimed at securing its future.
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A former boarding school teacher who sexually abused four pupils and had sex with one girl on his wife’s wedding dress to “satisfy his fantasies” has been jailed for 12
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A prisoner takes their own life every three days as the number of suicides in jails reaches “epidemic proportions”, campaigners have warned. The Howard League for Penal Reform said it
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Key witnesses in a probe into allegations of child sex abuse by Sir Edward Heath and a collapsed inquiry into claims of a VIP paedophile ring appear to be linked,
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The country faces a “social care crisis” unless funding is increased, with knock-on effects likely to add to pressures on hospital A&E departments over the winter, ministers have been warned.
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Four private care homes run by a company at the centre of an undercover TV investigation provided “grim, shoddy and unsafe care”, a damning watchdog report has revealed. Distressed residents
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Skills for Care has announced details of their 2017 Annual Conference which will take place at The Titanic Hotel on Thursday 9 March next year. With around 60,000 job vacancies
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A nurse has avoided being struck off for concealing the fact that medic Pauline Cafferkey had a raised temperature before she tested positive for Ebola. The high temperature, noted on
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Jeremy Corbyn has called for more money to be spent on hospitals, social care and mental health, claiming the Government is “under-funding” key services. The Labour leader claimed there was
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