The prime minister is to set out a plan to extend free part-time childcare to all two-year-olds. Gordon Brown told the Sunday Telegraph newspaper that he hoped the move would help improve “upward social mobility” in Britain.
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A NURSING home owner is co-operating with police and council officials over an investigation into his business which has seen all 34 residents moved out.
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Lib Dem health spokesman says political parties are refusing to talk about unacceptable state of mental health services.
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First Minister Alex Salmond has hailed the “first class” education given to deaf youngsters, as he officially opened a new purpose-built school.
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Children in Scotland have suffered less from changes in policies than other parts of the UK, a new report said today.
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A MAN who was left paralysed from the neck down after being stabbed spoke yesterday of the devastating impact knife crime had on his life.
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Staff shortages have left many health visitors responsible for more than 1,000 children each, suggests a survey. Nearly 75% of 829 health visitors polled said they could not meet the needs of the most vulnerable children.
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Pam Arnsberger, professor and researcher at the University of Hawai’i at Manoa’s School of Social Work, has been awarded a Fulbright Fellowship for Senior Researchers at Queens University in Northern Ireland to study and evaluate outcomes of consumer-based caregiver models of service delivery for the elderly.
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Concern about the growing demand for adult social care in Surrey is to be the focus of a special Question Time debate hosted by Surrey County Council.
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Adults with learning disabilities living at home have become “invisible” because many local authorities are not providing adequate support services for them, a report published today found.
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