A Pembrokeshire social worker has been reprimanded by a Care Council Wales Conduct Committee for inappropriate behaviour and having personal relationships with colleagues. Tudor Walters, formerly employed by Pembrokeshire County
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A care worker who raped three vulnerable women at the home he worked in has been jailed for 14 years. Colin Stokes, 48, attacked the women – aged 32, 50
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SCOTLAND’S social care watchdog has demanded urgent changes at a Glasgow out of school care service. The move follows concerns about the quality of care provided to children at
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A mental health nurse defrauded a healthcare recruitment company out of more than £7,000 by making false claims about the number of hours he had worked. Ian McPhee carried out
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Former Tory chairman Lord Tebbit has criticised the coalition’s flagship childcare policy, saying mothers or fathers should be encouraged to stay at home to raise their children. He said helping
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Thousands of women have been treated in British hospitals after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), figures suggest. Since 2009, nearly 4,000 women and girls have been treated in London hospitals
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Disabled people have the same human right to “physical liberty” as the rest of the human race, one of the UK’s most senior judges said today. Lady Hale, deputy president
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Forty extra nursing posts are to be appointed following the review of staffing levels at the Royal Victoria Hospital in Belfast. The jobs will be distributed between the accident and
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An independent review into the Catholic Church’s safeguarding and handling of abuse is to speak to victims in an attempt to create a policy of “no abuse and no cover
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A war for talent among the premium providers of elderly care is driving salaries to new heights, according to healthcare experts LaingBuisson. Findings in a consultancy report published by the
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