A couple who failed to prevent their grandchildren being placed for adoption were threatened with jail after information relating to the youngsters appeared on Facebook. Social services bosses at Central
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Older people with mental health problems are seen as “second class citizens”, a charity has said. The NHS in England is “failing”older patients with mental health issues such as depression
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The quality of help and protection offered to at-risk children across England is “unsatisfactory and inconsistent”, a report has found. The chair of an influential House of Commons committee said
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Plans to create 2,000 “nursing associate” roles across England have been announced by health officials. The first 1,000 nursing associates, who will deliver “hands-on” care for patients, are due to
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The quality and safety of care services for elderly and disabled people in England risks being undermined by financial pressures, a watchdog has warned. Data gathered by the Care Quality
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The Duchess of Northumberland is offering tattoos and speed dating for the elderly after opening a cafe to help combat loneliness. Situated at The Alnwick Garden, which the Duchess redeveloped
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The former chief executive of a troubled mental health trust has been given a £190,000 payoff after she left her latest role. Katrina Percy’s role leading Southern Health had become
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Internet trolls who create derogatory hashtags or post humiliating photoshopped images online could face prosecution under new legal guidelines. Social media is to be more stringently policed after the Crown
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More than half of young people who experience stigma due to mental health problems say their own friends are the ones who bully them. A new poll of more than
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A former carer at a Catholic children’s home has been found to have been part of a sadistic and vindictive regime of abuse involving nuns, priests and a paedophile Scout
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