Foster Care Contracts ‘Overpriced’
Children’s services departments are paying £100m a year over the odds on contracts with companies providing fostering and residential care services, it has been claimed.
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Children’s services departments are paying £100m a year over the odds on contracts with companies providing fostering and residential care services, it has been claimed.
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The central heating at a care home was broken for 10 days just before half of its residents died, it emerged today.
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Reading borough councillors put aside their differences to agree a strategy to oppose the closure of the School of Health and Social Care at The University of Reading.
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A specialist fostering programme for children with challenging behaviour has saved councils money despite initial problems.
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THE Assembly has backed a motion opposing the closure of residential care homes. The motion was proposed by the DUP during an Assembly debate at Stormont this week.
Read MoreWhat social care will look like in the future, and how it will be funded – is one of the most pressing challenges in public policy.
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News that over 70 new posts are to be created in Northern Ireland’s social services is being hailed as a major move toward strengthening Northern Ireland’s child protection measures.
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A specialist centre which helps women recover from mental health problems caused by sexual abuse could be shut down.
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SCOTLAND’S oldest hospice has been given a stay of execution after health officials agreed not to cut its funding for the next three years.
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VULNERABLE people in Denbighshire will be hit by soaring care charges, the cash-strapped council has decided. The mentally ill and elderly are the latest victims of the authority’s attempts to save money.
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