Curtain closes on the General Social Care Council
A review of the history and achievements of the GSCC, as social work regulation transfers to the Health Professions Council
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A review of the history and achievements of the GSCC, as social work regulation transfers to the Health Professions Council
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Sixteen community-led projects that tackle mental health discrimination have received funding totalling £533,600 from the Time to Change programme.
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The MS Society and Carers Trust have joined forces in a new pilot project to offer supported short breaks to people with MS and their families.
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Bright, beautiful and ambitious, Warrington teenager Shafilea Ahmed wanted to be a barrister. The only chance she got to appear in court was as a murder victim.
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Ten charities and government bodies have joined forces to invest £19m to establish four e-health research centres across the UK to make better use of data.
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For more than 60 years, social care has been overshadowed by its more glamorous sister, the NHS. Where the NHS is universal, comprehensive and adored, social care is often confusing, disjointed and unloved – little more than a safety net. It is time for this to change. And one of the biggest shifts must be about integration. By By Paul Burstow MP
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A senior judge has ordered Merton Council to change its “unlawful” policy of underpaying the relatives of vulnerable children who are not given the same support as foster parents.
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Channel 4’s Undercover Boss gave care workers a chance to speak on their own behalf – and we need to listen to them, by John Kennedy
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Thousands of drug addicts in Fife and Tayside could be risking overdoses due to the distribution of a ”life-saving” drug that temporarily reverses the effects of heroin if it all goes wrong, it has been claimed.
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Duncan Thorp argues that old ideology shouldn’t hold back Scotland’s enterprising spirit
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