Call The Midwife star attacks levels of women’s abuse on TV
Former Call The Midwife star Jessica Raine has criticised the raft of dramas on TV in which “women get abused”. The actress recently appeared as Jane Rochford in historical drama
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Hampshire study finds most African diaspora view FGM as abuse
The first study to explore African women’s attitudes to female genital mutilation (FGM) reveals that more than half the women interviewed view FGM as abuse. Out of 55 women interviewed
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Short film aims to highlight issue of elder abuse in care
Age UK has launched a new short film to get people talking about human rights for older people abused in care. ‘His name is Charles’ tells the story of Charles,
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Watchdog warns welfare reforms ‘raise women abuse fears’
The Government’s flagship welfare reform could leave women vulnerable to domestic abuse, a parliamentary human rights watchdog has warned. Universal credit, which was rolled out nationwide on Monday, could expose
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Scots Gov ask people to speak up for vulnerable adults
A new campaign which encourages Scots to act if they think an adult is being harmed, neglected or exploited launched today. The Scottish Government’s ‘Seen something? Say something’ campaign aims
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Home Office say as many as 13,000 ‘being held in slavery’
Up to 13,000 people in Britain are being held in conditions of slavery, four times the number previously thought, the Home Office has said. In what is said to be
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Care worker jailed for six months for hitting disabled teenager
A care worker has been jailed for six months after he was caught on a secret camera striking a disabled teenager twice on the back of the head. The parents
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Consultation: Wilful neglect in health & social care (Scotland)
The Scottish Government is consulting on plans to introduce new legal protections against the ill-treatment or wilful neglect of people receiving health or social care in Scotland. The proposals include
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Seven care workers charged with abuse of residents in Devon
Seven people have been charged in connection with the ill-treatment of vulnerable residents at care homes. The charges relate to the Veilstone, Gatooma and Teignmead homes, which were all run
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Care workers free to go after police drop home abuse probe
A care home in Leicester could reopen after police dropped an investigation against four staff accused of mistreating residents. The owners of Fosse Court care home shut the business in
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