Audit Commission reveals 12% rise in children in care
The number of children in council care in England has risen by 12%, with overall costs calculated at £3.4 billion. There were 68,110 children in care on March 31 2013,
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Care Minister rapped over ‘austere and alien’ care home comments
The Registered Nursing Home Association (RNHA) accused care minister Norman Lamb MP of besmirching the reputation of care homes across the country with ill-chosen, over-generalised comments likely to create a
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Gloucestershire neglect pair ‘played off’ safeguarding agencies
Children were left malnourished, infested with head lice and living in squalor surrounded by animal waste because their parents were able to play the authorities off one another, an inquiry
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Most councils do not know extent of child neglect in their area
Sixty percent of English local authorities do not know how many children in their area are likely to suffer from neglect, according to new research from Action for Children. According
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Union calls on CQC to delay Kent care home closures
The GMB Union is calling on the Care Quality Commission (CQC) to pull back on the decision to close two Orchard Care care homes in Broadstairs, Kent pending a full
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Birmingham appoint new director for Children’s Services
Birmingham City Council has announced that it has appointed Bernadette McNally as Executive Director of Children’s Services. Ms McNally is currently executive director of social services at the Belfast Health
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Government consider new law to cover psychological domestic abuse as crime
A new criminal offence of domestic abuse that covers non-violent behaviour is being put out to consultation by the Government. Abuse victims whose partners cause psychological harm by threatening them
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Doncaster care workers announce further strike action
Care workers in Doncaster have announced plans for a three-week strike as part of their long-running pay dispute with Care UK. Around 70 workers are set to take part in
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Home Group warns of social care postcode lottery
One of the UK’s largest providers of social care services has warned that ambiguity in the rules and guidance included in the Care Act could undermine the Government’s desire to
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Death rates in top four cancers fall by a third over 20 years
Death rates for breast, bowel, lung and prostate cancer combined have fallen by almost a third (30 per cent) in the last 20 years according to the latest Cancer Research
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