Nottingham dementia unit wins national care accolade
A hospital dementia unit at the Queen’s Medical Centre in Nottingham has been formally recognised for its work.
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New website offers homeless help in Black Country
A new website will aim to help people who are at risk of losing their homes in the Black Country. Homeless Black Country has been developed by Dudley, Sandwell and Wolverhampton councils.
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Children’s services heading in right direction, says KCC
Child protection chiefs say Kent County Council is already making improvements in response to the authority’s recent ‘inadequate’ Ofsted inspection.
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New website launched to support gay health staff
A NEW website has been developed for gay health workers in the Lothians. With the help of charity Stonewall, NHS Lothian developed the page on its intranet system to increase its profile as an employer sympathetic to gay, lesbian and transvestite workers.
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Shock increase in diazepam addiction across Lothians
THE number of people seeking help because they are addicted to the prescription drug diazepam is on the rise in the Lothians.
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Ombudsman calls for end to care home fees confusion
A watchdog has added his voice to concerns over Scotland’s postcode lottery in how councils calculate care home fees.
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Council social worker struck off for sending offensive e-mails
A SOUTH Lanarkshire Council social worker accused of sending offensive e-mails, some involving child abuse, has been struck off.
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Positive report on prison social work service
SOCIAL work services at Kilmarnock Prison have awarded top marks by inspectors. The positive findings are revealed in a report from the Social Work Inspection Agency which carried out an inspection at the jail earlier this year.
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Social services hit back after home care anger
SOCIAL services chiefs have hit back at criticism of home care during the arctic conditions. Earlier Neath Port Talbot Council’s deputy leader Peter Rees praised care workers for keeping services running despite the weather.
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BASW’s cautious welcome for end to child detention
BASW has cautioned that the Home Office’s decision to end child detention at Yarl’s Wood removal centre needs to be merely a first step in efforts to people in the immigration system are treated with greater dignity and respect.
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