The Audit Commission has claimed that many local councils are not on track to meet targets in dispersing funds for personal mental health budgets. The personal budgets would give mental health patients greater leeway in deciding what kinds of treatments they desire.
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Streamlined regulations for professionals working with care leavers have been published today, children’s minister Tim Loughton has said.
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A new report says the overall quality of Serious Case Reviews shows a strong trend of improvement. The report from Ofsted said more than 40 per cent of the reviews it had looked into were judged good and only 16 per cent were rated as inadequate.
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SURREY County Council’s children’s services “only meet minimum requirements” according to a surprise Ofsted inspection – and immediate action has been demanded.
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FIRST Minister Alex Salmond has described allegations of abuse at a Scots care home as “serious and distressing”.
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A COUNCIL department with an £82 million budget is set to overspend. Social work chiefs say the way things are going they’ll spend £106,000 more than planned by April next year.
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The architect of radical plans to overhaul public services in the west of Scotland is expected to spearhead a nationwide review of how local government must change in the face of a massive squeeze on budgets.
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Adult protection activity in Angus is set to continue its upward climb as frontline staff increase their awareness of those at risk.
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As many as 3000 people are living with dementia in the Highland Council area but hundreds of them don’t know they have the condition.
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Staff who helped with the evacuation of OAPs when a care home burned down are now facing losing their jobs.
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