Getting social care is ‘like being in a shop with no prices’, Andrew Dilnot
Getting social care is “like being in a shop with no prices”, according to the author of a major review of social care which concluded costs should be capped. Sir
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Plan to train 3000 extra staff will see mums-to-be keep same midwife throughout pregnancy
Expectant mothers will be treated by the same midwives throughout their pregnancy in a bid to reduce miscarriages and stillbirths under plans being set out by Jeremy Hunt. The Health
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Inspectors report 554 self-harm incidents in six months at youth jail
A watchdog report found there were 554 self-harm incidents at Brinsford young offenders institution between May and October last year. A small number of individuals accounted for multiple incidents. Publishing
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Children in north of England ‘being left behind’ by southern counterparts – study
Children in the north of England are being left behind by their southern counterparts as they face a “double whammy of entrenched deprivation and poor schools”, a study has concluded.
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Referrals to specialist anti-slavery scheme rise significantly, report
Record numbers of Britons are being flagged up as potential victims of slavery, a new report reveals. Last year for the first time UK nationals made up the highest volume
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Cross-party plan aims to break ‘political deadlock’ over funding of heatlh and social care
Theresa May faces calls from almost 100 MPs to establish a cross-party commission to address the crisis in NHS and social care. The move is an attempt to break the
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International trafficking operation saves 40 Nigerian women form sexual exploitation
Nearly 40 women who were sexually exploited and forced to live in unsafe cave-like houses have been freed from a gang of human traffickers. It follows an international operation involving
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Researchers herald ‘quantum jump’ in development of new antibiotic to kill superbugs
Scientists believe a new antibiotic which is capable of killing superbugs and has been successfully used to treat an infection could lead to the first new class of antibiotic drug
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Facebook community page operator jailed for stalking woman who rebuffed advances
A man who runs a Facebook page with tens of thousands of followers has been jailed for 21 months for a seven-month stalking campaign of “psychological warfare” against a woman
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Celebrity ‘poverty tourism’ forces change to Comic Relief on-location appeals
Celebrities will take a back seat on Comic Relief’s on-location appeals following complaints about “poverty tourism”. The moves comes after an appeal fronted by Ed Sheeran for Comic Relief last
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