Osborne pledges to double childcare places for two-year-olds
Chancellor George Osborne has announced a commitment to double the number of free childcare places for two-year-olds.
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Committee calls for review of national care standards
A review of the National Care Standards has been called for by the Health and Sport Committee in its report published today.
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Committee concludes care regulatory system “sufficiently rigorous”
Scotland’s care regulator, the Care Inspectorate, welcomed the Scottish Parliament’s Health and Sport Committee conclusion that the inspection system for care of older people is “sufficiently rigorous” and said the Committee’s inclusion of the Care Inspectorate’s proposals for improvement in their recommendations was a strong endorsement of the Inspectorate’s direction of travel.
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Rise in ‘paupers’ funerals’ among elderly people
Many older people dying alone without family or friends willing or able to pay for burials and cremations, charity claims
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Trafficked people being treated as criminals by officials, inquiry says
Women, men and children trafficked into Britain not seen as victims of crime whose rights have been breached – report
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Health Trust ‘failed in its duty of care’ toward sexually abused child
The Southern Health and Social Care Trust “failed in its duty of care” towards an allegedly sexually abused child, the NI Ombudsman claims.
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Essex delays plans to shut children’s homes
Essex County Council has postponed plans to close seven of its children’s homes, after a 17-year-old boy took the local authority to court.
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Care firm warned over standards by Care Quality Commission
A HOME care provider in Wood Green has been warned it must make urgent improvements by a health and social care watchdog.
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Why care needs to go way beyond personal budgets
Tough financial times and increasing demographic pressures call for innovation and transformation in social care – and personal budgets may not be part of that mix, writes NLGN’s Daria Kuznetsova
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Life project aims to help 350 families in Swindon
A social care project in Swindon has set itself a target to help 350 families over the next three years.
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