A private care home has been convicted and heavily fined for failing to protect two vulnerable young adults from a sexually “predatory” resident. Hillgreen Care were required to provide round-the-clock
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The number of children looked after by local authorities has increased for the 10th year in a row. According to statistics released by the Department for Education (DfE), at the
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A pioneering cancer treatment has been recommended for leukaemia patients under the age of 25. CART-cell therapy involves taking a person’s own immune cells and modifying them to fight their
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More than half of UK consumers who wear smartwatches or fitness bands believe the devices have improved their mental health, research suggests. Some 55% of consumers who use the devices
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Vulnerable people living in care homes and their families will be better protected from unfair care home practices and secretive fees under new guidance published today. The guide, published by
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Thirty people will go trial charged with offences relating to the alleged sexual exploitation of children in Huddersfield, a judge has ruled. Twenty five of the defendants appeared at Leeds
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Universal Credit waiting times have “plunged people into misery and despair”, according to a United Nations envoy. Professor Philip Alston, the UN Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights
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The NHS faces a shortage of 350,000 staff by 2030, with experts warning that the workforce crisis is now a greater threat to services than its financial problems. Three leading
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Theresa May struck a defiant tone after being hit by a wave of ministerial resignations and calls for her to be ousted as Prime Minister in a backlash over her
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Peers have blocked the immediate suspension of a senior member of the House of Lords after an inquiry found he had groped a woman and promised her a peerage for
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