Care Council for Wales seek workforce feedback
The Care Council for Wales (CCW) are asking for the workforce to give their opinion on their work in a new online survey. The CCW are looking for input to
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Applications to England’s Care Accolades now open
Skills for Care have announced details for this years Care Accolades, rewarding the best in social care. They provide an opportunity to share best practice enabling the sector to make
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Government announce £20M funding to help children adopted from care
All schoolchildren adopted from care are to benefit from £20 million of additional pupil premium money to get the support they need to thrive at school – helping around an
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Inspectorate and Citizens Advice Scotland launch new e-tool
The Care Inspectorate and Citizens Advice Scotland have teamed up to ensure more people know how to access help when things go wrong in care services. The two organisations have
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College to host first joint conference for principal social workers
Social work leaders from across England will be coming together for the first time tomorrow as they gather for a major conference hosted by The College of Social Work in
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Labour: Government orders failing victims of domestic violence
The government is failing victims of domestic violence by allowing more than 10,000 perpetrators to get away with a slap on the wrist, Labour’s Yvette Cooper said today. The Shadow
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North Yorkshire home to remove patients following CQC inspections
Management at The Alexander Court Care Home in Harrogate are taking steps to remove all nursing patients from their home. The Care Quality Commission (CQC) re-visited the home on 8
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Mother admits Mikaeel Kular killing
The mother of three-year-old Mikaeel Kular has pleaded guilty to killing her son in Edinburgh in January. Rosdeep Adekoya had been charged with murder, but admitted the reduced charge of
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Improvement Notice served on Ayrshire care home
The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement Notice on an Ayrshire care home. The move comes following an unannounced inspection at Woodside House Care Home in Mauchline which found
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Care worker struck off after force feeding dementia sufferer
A care worker who force-fed and verbally abused a dementia sufferer in an Angus care home has been struck off. An inquiry panel found Christine Spence abused the resident of
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