New project launched to improve dementia care in Stockton and Hartlepool
AN innovative project has been launched to improve care for people with dementia following successful trials in towns across the North-East.
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Bad social care delivers higher overall health costs, MP warns
Poor social care policies end up costing the country more in the long term in more expensive healthcare. That is the view at least of Member of Parliament Paul Burstow, who claims action must be taken now to redress the balance.
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Social care is bearing the brunt of council cuts
Statistical manipulation disguises the fact that disabled people are being hit the hardest by cuts to benefits and services, by Simon Duffy
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Union bosses fear for patients as 750 care staff face pay cuts
UNION bosses fear patient care could be put at risk as a result of planned “savage” cuts to pay and conditions of more than 750 nurses and other staff.
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Care agency urged to improve after breaking national regulations in Poole
A CARE agency has been told it needs to make urgent improvements after breaking national regulations in the Poole area.
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Rising complaints about adult social services in Barnsley
COMPLAINTS about adult social care services at a South Yorkshire council have risen by more than a tenth in a year.
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Government remote care telehealth policy ‘could fail’
The complex relationship between health, social care services, the NHS and local authorities could jeopardise the implementation of telehealth services, a new report has warned.
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Margate social worker struck off after becoming infatuated with a 16-year old girl
A social worker from Margate whose life was left in ruins following his infatuation with a 16-year-old girl he was supposed to care for was today struck off the Health Care Professions Council (HCPC).
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Charities afraid to challenge public policy amid retribution fears
Government must uphold voluntary sector independence or risk silencing most vulnerable members of society, warns inquiry
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BASW publishes Social Media Policy, placing ‘e-professionalism’ centre stage
The BASW Social Media Policy, launched today, emphasises how Facebook, Twitter and other similar online platforms offer the means to benefit social work practice, boost CPD opportunities and open up new ways of supporting service users.
