Millions of unpaid carers are putting their own health at risk to look after loved ones, council leaders have warned. The Local Government Association (LGA) and charity Carers UK said
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Social Care Wales have issued a call for your views on changes to the practice guidance for social workers, social care managers and residential child care managers. The practice guidance
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Patients with multiple sclerosis (MS) are facing soaring care costs, with many unable to pay for the care they need, a charity has warned. The MS Society has estimated that
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According to the latest research from leading job board, CV-Library, almost two thirds (63.9%) of care professionals believe their colleagues don’t work hard enough, with a further 82.4% stating that
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An initiative to reduce the risk of childhood sexual exploitation, a culture-change programme to improve the lives of older people in care homes and a project which had led to
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The Government will commit to end the “modern-day injustice” of poor mental health at a global summit in London, after it emerged one in eight mental health staff left the
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A homeless man who was found dead in a graveyard had been sprayed with paint three days earlier in a separate assault, police have said. Flowers and cards have been
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The mother of a vulnerable man who died after being restrained by police has said she is “devastated” that no charges will be brought over his death. Leon Briggs, 39,
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Care for the elderly is “on the brink of collapse”, a charity has warned. A new report from the charity Independent Age states that chronic under-funding of social care in
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Unsuitable accommodation is exacerbating the conditions of social housing tenants with pre-existing mental health problems, according to new research. Mental health charity Mind found that the difficulties those with mental
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