Former ministers aim to restart talks on social care funding
A cross-party coalition of former health ministers has attempted to restart the stalled talks on social care funding.
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A cross-party coalition of former health ministers has attempted to restart the stalled talks on social care funding.
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The NSPCC is calling for a new law to ensure social workers can see at risk children alone. The charity says that the measure is needed as too often social workers take the word of parents at face value and fail to see situations from a child’s perspective.
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THREE care workers will appear in court today accused of abusing people with learning disabilities at a Nuneaton residential home.
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The leader of Highland Council yesterday gave an assurance the only work being carried out on the future of council care homes is a review of the business case for building new ones.
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All but four people have been rehomed after Dorset County Council voted to close a care home despite protests.
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A blueprint for the funding of care for the elderly has been drawn up by social care experts from all political parties in an attempt to end months of political stalemate and squabbling.
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The privatisation of every care home run by Highland Council is back on the agenda. The Press and Journal can reveal that e-mail messages exchanged by senior officials have confirmed that the controversial option has been discussed by senior members of the local authority’s administration at secret talks.
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A sex offender disclosure pilot, which is to be rolled out across Scotland, has already protected more than a dozen children.
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THE newborn baby lies cradled in a nurse’s arms, looking the picture of innocence. As she sleeps, she is blissfully unaware that her mother has already left the hospital – to go to a drug rehabilitation clinic.
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NORTH Ayrshire Council have pulled the plug on a charity who offer a befriending service to the disabled and their families.
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