Counselling With COSCA
Care Appointments learns about the counselling skills courses accredited by COSCA…
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Read MoreThe funeral of Swansea graduate Michael Blakey (pictured) has been postponed while more tests are carried out on his body.More than 50 friends and colleagues of the 23-year-old charity had been planning to travel from Swansea for the service in his home town of Burnley, Lancashire, this week.
Read MoreCare Appointments caught up with Professor Frank Clark, the new Convener of the Care Commission, who outlined his view of what a responsible regulator should be like…
Read MoreThe rising levels of obesity could bankrupt the NHS if left unchecked, a British Medical Journal report warns. University of Glasgow expert Naveed Sattar said the cost of treating obesity to the health service was 9%.
Read MoreCouncils throughout Scotland have admitted to a range of problems in coping with community service orders. Staff and funding shortages have meant long waiting lists, offenders being sent home and credited with hours off their sentences, and failure to report breaches.
Read MoreThe number of people with the severe liver disease hepatitis C in England has soared, latest figures show. Data from the Health Protection Agency shows the number newly diagnosed in 2005 was 7,580, up from 2,116 in 2004.
Read MoreProstitutes in Ipswich are being given money by police and drug workers to stop them risking their lives by touting for business on the streets, it emerged yesterday.
Read MoreWomen and young girls are being offered the chance to stock up on ‘morning after’ pills at £10 a time by Britain’s leading abortion provider. The charity BPAS says keeping the pills at home will stop more women from getting pregnant after unprotected sex, despite studies showing advance supplies do not reduce the abortion rate.
Read MoreA leading SDLP assembly member is to quit politics in order to take a job as champion of children’s causes in NI. Lagan Valley MLA Patricia Lewsley is to become Children’s Commissioner. She replaces Nigel Williams, who died earlier this year following an illness.
Read MoreCare Appointments hears how one organisation has harnessed the benefits of employing adults with Aspergers Syndrome and/or autism…
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