Council in disabled teenager case ordered to pay all parties’ legal bills
A council that came under fire from a judge over the way staff dealt with a severely disabled teenager has been told to pick up lawyers’ bills run up by
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New £6m dementia care centre to create 100 jobs in Manchester
Dementia care specialist Kingsley Healthcare has announced plans for a £6m development that will create up to 100 jobs in Greater Manchester. Building work on the 62-bedroom purpose-built dementia care home
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Number of households declared homeless up 10% in London
The number of households declared homeless is on the rise across England – shooting up by 10% in London, Government figures have shown. Figures released by the Department for Communities
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Inspection reports on 87 adult social care services in the South
In the past week the Care Quality Commission has published a further 87 reports on the quality of care provided by adult social care services across the South of England.
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New FGM data measurement shows 1,000 seen by NHS in three months
More than 1,000 women have been seen by the NHS in a three-month period after having their genitals mutilated, new figures show. The NHS is recording data on female genital
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Woman awarded damages after son ‘unlawfully taken from her care’
A woman with mental health difficulties has been awarded £3,000 damages after a judge concluded that her son had been unlawfully taken from her care by local authority social services
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£2 billion spent on hospital mergers ‘despite little evidence of benefits’
Some £2 billion has been spent on 12 hospital mergers in the past five years despite little evidence they work, according to a report. Mergers are designed to help NHS
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Chief medical officer accused of ‘attempting to discredit’ Alzheimer’s study
Dame Sally Davies, the Government’s chief medical officer has been accused of attempting to soften the impact of controversial Alzheimer’s study before the findings were published by the leading journal
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BASW UK Chief Executive Bridget Robb announces her retirement
BASW UK Chief Executive and General Secretary of SWU Bridget Robb announced her intention to retire and will stand down from her joint role at the AGM in 2016. Bridget
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Northumberland childcare social worker suspended for series of failings
Social worker Samantha Lockyer has been suspended from the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) register for 12 months for a serious number of failings. As a child care social
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