Police have launched an investigation after a woman died at a care home. Officers are looking into “possible neglect offences” after the death of Barbara Merritt, 78, at Heath Hill Lodge in Heath Hill Avenue, Brighton.
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A judge has criticised Doncaster social services after hearing of a shocking catalogue of cruelty to two young girls over a four-year period.
DONCASTER’S new director of children’s’s services has vowed to stick around to help improve the troubled department.
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The number of violent deaths among children in England and Wales has fallen by almost 40% since 1974, research has suggested.
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People with disabilities in Edinburgh have won their battle to keep their carers. The council had proposed putting the services for vulnerable adults out to competitive tendering.
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Moray’s community care division has been praised for strictly controlling its £38million budget. Community services boss Sandy Riddell told the health and social care services committee yesterday that his 2009-10 budget was in a “strong position”.
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A CHARITY-RUN day centre for people with mental health problems in Aberdeen could face closure after councillors slashed its funding.
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HIGHLAND Council appears set to finally bring the axe down on the Assynt Community Care Centre, in Lochinver, in a bid to cut costs.
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A FLINTSHIRE service which helps families affected by substance misuse could be under threat, unless more funding can be secured.
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A PLAN to close a care home is to go to consultation, councillors decided this week. Monmouthshire Council’s cabinet approved officers’ recommendations to consult on the possible closure of Budden Crescent in Caldicot at a council meeting on Wednesday.
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