Only one in five people with cancer receive any kind of formal support, with many left housebound or unable to wash or dress themselves, a charity has warned. Macmillan Cancer
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Authorities today named the first eight sites where projects will take place to blend health and social care funding for individuals, allowing them to take control of how it is
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A joint inspection of services for older people in Angus has highlighted areas of good performance and also made recommendations to improve its home care capacity. The report, published today,
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Vulnerable children and their families in Buckinghamshire are set to benefit from a major new training scheme for social workers which was launched last week. The initiative, called the Social
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Residents of care homes and their families will be able to review the quality of care in a pioneering new scheme to improve standards of care in homes across Gwent. ‘Think
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Vulnerable children are finding adoptive families faster thanks to an improved system for matching prospective parents with youngsters from across Scotland. The new improved website for Scotland’s Adoption Register, which
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The Northern Ireland Public Service Alliance (NIPSA) will be protesting outside the Health & Social Care Board and Public Health Agency in Belfast tomorrow to highlight the impact of the
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The Scottish Government has appointed Professor Fiona McQueen as Scotland’s new Chief Nursing Officer, it was announced today. Professor McQueen has held the post of interim Chief Nursing Officer since
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The Tories will be forced to cut spending on the National Health Service – or introduce charging – if they are to press ahead with their plans for “colossal” cuts
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The social worker involved in the placement of a boy who stabbed foster carer Dawn McKenzie to death has defended his actions in the lead up to the tragedy. The
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