Every winter brings additional pressures to our health and social care system. But this winter we face those pressures in the midst of the global pandemic of COVID-19. The pressures
Read More
On the recommendation of the Southampton Serious Case Review Group, a decision was taken by the Independent Chair of the Southampton Local Safeguarding Children Board in July 2018 to commission
Read More
The Old Vic is offering the UK’s care homes free tickets to its online festive show – a performance of A Christmas Carol starring Andrew Lincoln as Ebenezer Scrooge. For
Read More
This publication by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents management information statistics on people aged 18 and over who were discharged from an NHS Scotland hospital to a care home between
Read More
A 91-year-old Essex care home resident said she was “so grateful” to watch her granddaughter’s wedding over livestream. Dot Bash, who lives in RMBI Care Co Home Prince Edward Duke
Read More
For the services we regulate – as for the rest of the world – the past year is divided into two parts. Pre-COVID, care was generally good, but with little
Read More
A group of anti-hate charities have formed an alliance on Twitter in a bid to combat hate speech online. The Jo Cox Foundation and Hope not Hate are among the
Read More
This Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) investigation report concerns the extent to which the Church of England and the Church in Wales protected children from sexual abuse in
Read More
Thousands of care leavers in England are unable to access education, work or to keep in touch with others because they lack internet connectivity, a group of youth charities have
Read More
The Government has been urged to ensure its Online Harms Bill meets six new tests set by the NSPCC to ensure the regulation of social media properly protects children online.
Read More