A SOCIAL care charity which supports people in Banffshire with learning disabilities, physical disabilities and mental health problems has triumphed in the prestigious 2013 Grampian Awards for Business Excellence. Cornerstone,
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A cure for dementia may be within our grasp, according to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt. Drug companies are confident that a cure for dementia may be found by as early
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People facing a slow or undignified death should be able to choose how, where and when they die, the chief of a leading care home chain will argue in a
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A CARER will be sentenced today after an 84-year-old woman with dementia nearly drowned in her care. The pensioner suffered brain damage when she became submerged in a bath at
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Heavily redacted version of 300-page report finally published after 20 years following freedom of information requests A report into physical and sexual abuse at children’s homes that was suppressed for
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Concern over figures showing the significant negative effect parents’ imprisonment has on children. Prison has a significant effect on the children of inmates, a new report has found Prison has
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A root and branch review of social work is needed to ensure that social workers are properly supported to deliver an effective service, according to University of Ulster research. The
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Too many social workers are “colluding” with parents to make excuses for their children’s behaviour, troubled families tsar Louise Casey has said. Ms Casey said social workers had to be
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The British Association of Social Workers (BASW) have repsonded to a speech given by troubled families tsar, Louise Casey, at a local government conference yesterday. Casey had claimed too many
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Four staff at a Cynon Valley care home have been disciplined after being caught using inappropriate language in front of Christine Mayor’s vulnerable teenage son A mother bugged her son’s
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