More than 400 frontline workers in the health, emergency service and transport sectors are attacked on duty each week across the UK, fresh figures have revealed. Freedom of Information data
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Hundreds of prisoners may have been sexually abused behind bars, campaigners have said, prompting calls for more to be done to tackle prison rape. An independent commission on sex in
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Skills for Health has launched a consultation to gather further views on the Code of Conduct for healthcare support workers and adult social care workers in England. Published in March
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Award-winning actress Samantha Morton has spoken out for the first time about sexual abuse she suffered while in care as a teenager in Nottingham. The Bafta and Golden Globe winner
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New figures released today show that the number of councils no longer providing care to people deemed to have `low’ or `moderate’ needs has risen by 17 per cent in
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The number of self-inflicted deaths in prisons increased by a troubling 64% in 2013-14, said Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Nigel Newcomen, as he published his annual report. He added that,
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The needs of dying people and their families are being “ignored” by many local health bodies, charities warned. Just over four in 10 Health and Wellbeing Boards in England consider
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Children suffering a mental health crisis should not be placed in police cells for their own safety, leading psychiatrists have said. The Royal College of Psychiatrists said putting youngsters in
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More than half of all people caring for older or disabled loved ones have reached “breaking point” because of a lack of support from health services, a survey has suggested.
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A refreshed Adult Social Care Workforce Recruitment and Retention Strategy has been launched by Skills for Care. The refreshed strategy builds upon the achievements of the first ever strategy launched
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