CQC keeps fees steady for next year
The Care Quality Commission is not proposing any fee increases next year and has admitted it lacks both the data and business models to make any radical changes to its charging scheme in the near future.
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New director for North Yorkshire’s adult services
A new director has been appointed to run North Yorkshire County Council’s Health and Adult Services.
Birmingham Safeguarding Children Board picks new chair
A board which co-ordinates how agencies work together to protect children and young people in Birmingham has appointed a new independent chair.
Children’s minister warns welfare reforms could undermine young carers
Letter by Tim Loughton exposes Conservative divisions over benefits as House of Lords begins welfare debate
New government unit to co-ordinate help for troubled families
A dedicated family unit is to be set up to co-ordinate intensive support for troubled families across central government departments, CYP Now has learned. The unit is a key part of David Cameron’s bid to transform the lives of the 120,000 most troubled families by 2015.
£5m bill to shut Manchester’s Edale House mental health unit
Health bosses say that closing a mental health unit will cost them £5m. The centre, near Oxford Road, provides care for up 82 patients with conditions including dementia and bipolar disorder.
Domestic violence among middle classes grows
Middle-class women are increasingly falling victim to domestic abuse as economic strains bring violence into professional households, experts have warned.
Youth offending chiefs oppose YJB abolition as local teams restructure
Multi-agency youth offending teams (YOTs) have been left bereft of their statutory partners due to funding cuts, while youth justice chiefs overwhelmingly oppose the decision to scrap the Youth Justice Board, a CYP Now survey has revealed.
Staff cleared in Lincolnshire care home ‘starvation’ trial
STAFF at a nursing home accused of neglecting an elderly patient from Sutton Bridge, who died of dehydration, were cleared on Friday when the trial collapsed.
Veterans’ charity under fire again in new probe
SCOTLAND’s leading veterans’ charity has been criticised by inspectors for the second time in four months.
