Community Care Providers Scotland conference details
The Community Care Providers Scotland (CCPS) conference will take place this year at the Doubletree by Hilton Dunblane Hydro Hotel from 26-27 November 2014. The theme this year is based
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Rotherham children’s services boss bows to pressure
Rotherham’s director of children’s services has resigned in the wake of the report which detailed how at least 1,400 children had been subjected to sexual abuse in the town. Joyce
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Cooper backs compulsory relationship lessons to prevent another Rotherham
Children should receive compulsory relationship lessons in order to prevent violence against women, Yvette Cooper has said, in the wake of the Rotherham abuse scandal. The shadow home secretary suggested
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Vaz calls on Rotherham children’s services director to go
There have been fresh calls for Rotherham’s director of children’s services to step down after it emerged she is absent on sick leave. Joyce Thacker has been at the centre
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Woman held in Hampshire care home murder probe
Police have arrested a 36-year-old woman as they launch a murder inquiry into the death of a 96-year-old woman at a care home. Ethel Baldwin died at the Abbey House
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Conference on child trafficking in Scotland
A one day conference focusing on children and young people who are victims of trafficking will take place on October 29 in Glasgow. The conference will be chaired by Beth
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‘Huge variation’ in talking therapy waiting times
Too many people diagnosed with anxiety or depression face “unacceptably long waits” for therapy, a charity has warned. Mind has called for more investment in mental health after new figures
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Praise for outgoing Welsh social services minister
The chair of Care Forum Wales, Mario Kreft MBE, has praised the former Welsh Government deputy social services minister, Gwenda Thomas, after her surprise departure from government following Carwyn Jones’
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Larne nursing home wins ‘Best Kept’ award
Health Minister Edwin Poots has congratulated Gillaroo Lodge Nursing Home in Larne, on winning the Best Kept Health and Social Care Facility Awards. Presenting the awards, the Health Minister said:
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Report: Scotland must learn lessons from Rotherham
A Barnardo’s Scotland report has called on government and child protection agencies to learn the lessons from the Rotherham Inquiry by recognising the need for a specific child protection response
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