High levels of mental ill health is costing London more than £26bn per year in treatment, lost productivity and costs to education services and the criminal justice system. The figure
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A new guide launched in Parliament yesterday, outlines how to improve the care for dementia sufferers. The Triangle of Care promotes the inclusion of carers – those said to know
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Care for people with autism is “varied” across England, health leaders have warned. While there is no cure for autism, a range of treatments can help improve the symptoms, yet
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A social worker accused of making lewd comments about Cumbria’s director of children’s services has had his professional ban extended for a further six months. Barry Clifford Lloyd, 54, had
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The bid to improve Norfolk’s children’s services department could be boosted by the creation of an ‘academy’ to produce social workers at the University of East Anglia. The council says
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Members of the union Unison at the social care charity Choice Support have voted in favour of strike action in a dispute over changes to pay. Sixty-eight of 80 Unison
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Local councils should take action to improve the delivery of integrated health and social care, the LGA has urged. This week the association published a new toolkit to help commissioners
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Adults in Northamptonshire who are looked after by social services, are to be given ‘debit cards’ to pay for their care. The pre-paid cards will replace direct payment by the
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Minister Edward Timpson announces new rules so every child who goes missing from home or care will have an independent return interview. Every child who goes missing from home or
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Social worker Michael David Andrew has been struck off for misconduct while working for Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council. The decision by a panel of the Health and Care Professions Council’s conduct
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