A culture of “cover-up and denial” allowed decades of extensive abuse of pupils by monks and teachers at a west London Catholic school to continue, a report has said. The
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The Older People’s Commissioner for Wales has launched a new campaign to highlight and challenge the everyday ageism faced by older people. The campaign aims to raise awareness of the
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The Northern Ireland Social Care Council (Social Care Council) and the Ulster University will tour NI with Experience ‘IT’ – a social care tech tour promoting technology as an enabler
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A diagnostic test is being developed by scientists that would cut the time taken to show resistance to antibiotics from “up to two days” to “less than 45 minutes”. In
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More than three-quarters of women with breast cancer are not being warned about the impact treatment could have on their sex lives, a survey has suggested. Research conducted by charity
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The British Red Cross is to stop providing first aid at events as part of a cost-cutting drive, the charity has announced. In a break from decades of tradition, the
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What Works for Children’s Social Care (WWCSC) is seeking participants for the extension of its Practice In Need of Evidence programme, examining multi-agency partnerships working to improve outcomes in children’s
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Police investigating the deaths of 39 people found in a refrigerated truck on an industrial estate in Essex have described the incident as an “absolute tragedy”. The Prime Minister said
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MPs have called for some drug offences to be decriminalised, in a bid to prevent the rising number of related deaths. A report by the Health and Social Care Committee
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The Education Secretary says the public sector has a “moral duty” to create paid-for internships for youngsters leaving the care system – but is offering no extra money to fund
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