Seven members of staff at a facility for young offenders run by security group G4S have been suspended amid allegations of abuse and mistreatment of youngsters. Police in Kent are
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A new plan to tackle the harms caused by ‘legal highs’ and risky drinking behaviours by older people has been unveiled by the Welsh Government. The three-year ‘Working together to
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If you work or have workers registered with the NMC in your social service, you may be interested in attending one the series of events designed to provide advice on
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Almost one in five nursing posts in London is vacant, according to freedom of information research. The study, from the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), found the capital’s nursing shortage
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Kinship carers should be made exempt from the Government’s benefit cap and other welfare restrictions to help prevent children being placed into the care of the state, Alan Johnson has
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An award-winning charity, which rescues women from forced marriage and hundreds of young people from radicalisation, faces closure in a matter of months if it does not receive further funding.
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England must decide how much it spends on NHS and social care services to prevent “a state of crisis”, a former health minister has insisted. Liberal Democrat Norman Lamb warned
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Social care is “in crisis now”, yet the Government proposes “risky, uncertain and late funding”, Labour has claimed. Shadow minister for older people, social care and carers Barbara Keeley told
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A public inquiry into alleged child abuse will turn its attention today to a residential home run by evangelical Anglican missionaries in Ireland. The Irish Church Missions was established to
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Britain should welcome thousands of lone children from Europe on top of the Syrian refugee resettlement programme, a committee of MPs has said. The International Development Committee called on the
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