Become a care home manager? No thanks. National Living Wage, increased regulation and challenging legal framework add up to a role that one wants… While the introduction of the National
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The Government is being urged to investigate the under-reporting of the deaths of children and adolescents in mental health units. Charity Inquest, which represents bereaved families, is demanding a statutory
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The NHS is spending millions of pounds a year on prescriptions for items that can be bought in high street pharmacies. Household brands such as Vaseline, Rennie, Strepsils, Benadryl and
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A mother has been jailed for life with a minimum term of 24 years after being found guilty of murdering her toddler daughter Ayeeshia Jane Smith by stamping the child
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The Children’s Commissioner for England has called on authorities in France to speed up processing scores of lone child asylum seekers who may be eligible to come to the UK.
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A mother has been found guilty of murder after stamping to death her “happy and smiley” 21-month-old toddler at the family home. Kathryn Smith, aged 23, was convicted of killing
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On the week the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act 2014 comes into force, a series of new resources has been added to the Care Council for Wales’ Information &
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Ten men who committed sexual offences against a teenage girl in Rochdale have been given jail sentences of up to 25 years. The complainant walked into a police station shortly
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An 82-year-old man who physically and sexually abused boys in his care at a residential school has been jailed for seven years. Michael Murphy, known as Brother Benedict or Brother
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A judge has rejected a bid to overturn a decision to exclude the Kincora Boys’ Home in east Belfast from a child abuse inquiry at Westminster. Mr Justice Treacy told
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