A fashion student who poured sulphuric acid over her former partner’s face after he left her for another woman has been jailed for at least 12 years. Berlinah Wallace, 48,
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More than one in three older patients suffer “medication-related harm” after being discharged from hospital, a new study suggests. Researchers found at least 10% of these cases are preventable. A
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A woman was banned from visiting her mother in a Liverpool care home after she complained about her treatment, the Local Government and Social Care Ombudsman has found. The woman,
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A man has told an inquiry how the sexual abuse he suffered as a child was “whitewashed” during his time at a children’s home. A witness told the Scottish Child
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A Tory MP has raised concerns over the handling of child sexual exploitation cases claiming in some instances the “police don’t fully understand grooming and the power that a perpetrator
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The Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) are inviting social workers to their Annual Meeting 2018 where they will launch and discuss their report on violence against the workforce.
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As part of a meeting facilitated by Gavin Robinson MP, the Northern Ireland Association of Social Workers (NIASW) met with Shailesh Vara MP, Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Northern
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In what is believed to be one of the largest “product liability” group actions in the UK, a group of 312 claimants brought High Court proceedings against manufacturer DePuy over
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The Welsh Government’s Supporting People Programme could be at risk of letting down vulnerable and elderly people due to the confusing way it will work and uncertainty it creates for
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Vulnerable women are being sexually exploited on an industrial scale in so-called “pop-up brothels” run by trafficking gangs, a new report has warned. The brothels, often set up in residential
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