Hundreds of thousands of youngsters were referred to children’s services last year – the equivalent of one every 49 seconds, town hall chiefs have warned. Social workers are working hard
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Patients become less satisfied with the care provided in hospitals if they believe there are not enough nurses on the ward, according to a new study. Researchers from the University
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Centenarians, pre-school children and babies are among tens of thousands of people whose details are stored on internal council databases due to their deemed potential threat to staff, an investigation
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Health officials have taken a “backwards step” in breast cancer care after recommending that a genetic test should no longer be used on the NHS, a charity has said. The
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Television viewers were blown away by Sarah Lancashire’s performance in missing child drama Kiri, although there was disappointment over “inaccuracies” in the portrayal of social work. The four-part series follows
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Denying the “orchestrated” abuse which took place in child care homes across Scotland should be a crime, an inquiry has heard. A former resident of Smyllum Park in Lanark made
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A fresh warning has been issued to national and local government about the consequences of failing to support home care services across Scotland. Scottish Care, the representative body for independent
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Peers have backed a move to give greater protection to women forced out of their homes by domestic abuse. Legislation requiring local authorities to give victims of domestic abuse with
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Sajid Javid has ordered a review into “allegations of failures in financial management and governance” at Northamptonshire County Council. On his first full day as the newly re-titled Secretary of
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Former football coach Barry Bennell carried out the “systematic and persistent” sexual abuse of young boys, including assaulting two youth footballers in the changing rooms at Crewe Alexandra’s ground, a
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