Engage: To regulate or not, that is the question…
If you only entrust your boiler to be serviced by a regulated qualified gas engineer, would you prefer to leave the intimate care of your father, daughter or partner to
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Engage: Expo explores a new era of care
This is a sponsored article and is brought to you by the Health and Care Innovation Expo.Since the birth of the NHS in 1948, England’s demographics have changed immeasurably. As
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Low-paid young parents penalised for flexible work requests, TUC warns
Two out of five low-paid young parents who ask for flexible work arrangements are “penalised” with fewer hours, worse shifts and even losing their job, a new report says. A
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Webwatch: Virtual reality game aimed at helping research into dementia
A virtual reality game developed by scientists is designed to help dementia research by analysing player navigation skills. Sea Hero Quest VR is a nautical navigation game that collects data
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Report: Scottish Social Services Council – 2016 Mental Health Officers (Scotland) Report
The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has today published the 2016 Mental Health Officers’ Report. The statistics show the number of mental health officers (MHO) has gone up by 5.4%
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Report: Self-directed Support – 2017 Progress Report (Scotland)
New ways of offering people more choice and control over their social care can make a real difference but further work is needed to ensure everyone can benefit, says a
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Report: Home Care – What people told Healthwatch about their experiences
Over the last year, the number of local Healthwatch citing improvements to home care services as a priority for their community has doubled. Our new report explains what people have
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Report: Allegations of domestic abuse in child contact cases – Women’s Aid & Cafcass
Research released by Women’s Aid and Cafcass finds that 62% of applications to the family court about where a child should live or spend time feature allegations of domestic abuse.
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Report: Action for Children – Revolving Door – Are vulnerable children overlooked?
What happens to children who are referred for help, but don’t meet the threshold for support? When things are bad, but not quite bad enough? A lot of work has
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Report: 280 sources of evidence reflecting the voice of children in care and care leavers
New research for the Children’s Commissioner for England, by the National Children’s Bureau and Research in Practice, has found recent sources of evidence reflecting the voice of children in care and care
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