Two women whose deaths have been linked to the listeria outbreak at UK hospitals have been named. Enid Heap, 84, died at Manchester Royal Infirmary on May 6 with her
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Social Workers from across Northern Ireland celebrated their success and commitment to lifelong learning at the annual Professional in Practice awards hosted by the Northern Ireland Social Care Council. Awards
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Guests at the official opening of a housing association’s £7.8m extra care facility in Porthmadog heard about its positive impact on the lives of residents. Grŵp Cynefin’s Hafod y Gest
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A social worker has told a judge in a specialist court that a pregnant mentally-ill woman should be allowed give birth. Bosses at an NHS trust responsible for the woman’s
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Independent care providers group, Scottish Care, has announced the appointment of Mary Preston as their new Chair. Mary has been an active member of Scottish Care since joining the Meallmore
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A joint study by researchers at the Universities of York and Stirling has found that 90% of children in Scotland who go into care when aged five or under have
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The Catholic Church needs to make child safeguarding a number one priority, the secretary to the sex abuse inquiry has said. Gaps remain in the Archdiocese of Birmingham’s approach to
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One in four council jobs has been axed or outsourced in the past decade as a result of austerity, a new study suggests. Staff numbers have halved in some local
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A teacher convicted of sexually abusing boys at a school run by a religious order has told a child abuse inquiry he let boys sleep overnight in his room. Paul
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A former Tory MP named as a child murderer and violent paedophile by a man later charged with lying told jurors the horrific allegations were the “ravings of a fantasist”
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