The winners have now been announced for the first University of Stirling International Dementia Awards, which was held at The Vox in Birmingham earlier this month. The Awards, which were
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Two in five care homes are falling below expected standards amid concerns about safety, a health watchdog has warned. Andrea Sutcliffe, the Care Quality Commission’s (CQC) chief adult social care
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Specialist police units that analyse phones and computers in suspected child abuse cases are grappling with lengthy backlogs of more than a year, according to new data. A freedom of
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The UK’s largest care home provider is considering selling scores of its properties as it plans to trim its budget. Four Seasons Health Care has seen a 5% reduction in
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Conditions for prisoners in court custody suites in England are among the worst inspectors have ever seen and are “an accident waiting to happen”, a report has revealed. An investigation
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Cancer patients are ending up in hospital because their carers are not properly trained on vital health tasks, a charity has said. Carers are being left to do jobs such
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Campaigners have welcomed the publication of landmark figures revealing 154 child rapes reported per 100,000 people in parts of England and Wales. An investigation by the multi-agency Rape Monitoring Group
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Most social housing tenants will see little or no direct benefit from Chancellor George Osborne’s promised cut in rents, an economic think tank has said. Mr Osborne announced in his
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Thousands of siblings of disabled children are often overlooked with their needs coming second to those of the disabled child, according to new research. Siblings of disabled children across the
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Many teenage victims of sex crimes in England and Wales are not reporting them because they fear not being believed and are suspicious of the justice system, according to a
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