Chesterfield carer jailed for assault on OAP
A NURSING home assistant is behind bars after a court heard how she tightened a skirt around an 80-year-old resident’s throat and threatened her.
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A NURSING home assistant is behind bars after a court heard how she tightened a skirt around an 80-year-old resident’s throat and threatened her.
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The Care Council for Wales has launched a major consultation exercise into plans to overhaul post-qualification social work training. The plans propose establishing clearer career pathways and ongoing qualification requirements for registered social workers.
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The system of care for the elderly will face “catastrophic” breakdown if politicians are not prepared to work together to back painful long-term reform, experts warn today.
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The number of children subject to a child protection plan in Bexley is still on the rise after a surge in referrals following the publicity surrounding the Baby Peter case in autumn 2008.
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A man who saw a 14-year-old girl fall to her death with a friend from a bridge has described the pair’s final moments.
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CONTROVERSIAL plans to use a £420,000 bequest to convert a substandard care home into a healthy living centre, complete with spa and gym, for pensioners in the Galashiels area have been ditched following a three-month public consultation, writes Andrew Keddie.
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Wolverhampton Safeguarding Children Board has apologised to the parents of three-year-old Ryan Lovell-Hancox for missing numerous opportunities to protect him.
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A dementia sufferer was dragged along the corridor of a care home by the woman who was supposed to be looking after her.
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A legal loophole that could allow those who physically abuse children to escape justice is to be closed, the government has announced.
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Children in custody should be kept in small units with sufficient trained staff to meet their mental health and emotional needs, a report by the children’s commissioner has recommended.
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