Care home worker jailed after spraying aerosol can in 78-year-old woman’s face
A care home worker who sprayed an aerosol can in the face of a 78-year-old woman with dementia has been handed a four-week jail term. Susan Draper, 44, was told
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Care home worker found guilty of spraying aerosol can in elderly woman’s face
A care home worker who sprayed an aerosol can in the face of a 77-year-old woman with dementia has been convicted of an ill-treatment offence. Susan Draper, 43, is the
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Birmingham care home is rated Outstanding by the Care Quality Commission
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has found the quality of care provided by Victoria Lodge Care Home in Acocks Green, Birmingham, to be Outstanding overall following an inspection in January.
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Judge rules children ‘used by parents as puppets’ should be placed for adoption
Two children whose destitute illegal immigrant parents were accused of using them as “puppets” in a fight to get state cash should be placed for adoption in Britain, a judge
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Charity issues care warning in protest against Birmingham City Council cuts
A women’s refuge charity is warning more children will end up in care and more domestic abuse victims will be murdered if proposed council cuts go ahead. Hundreds have been
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Paedophile aged 101 starts 13-year prison sentence for historical sex offences
A 101-year-old paedophile thought to be the oldest man convicted by a British court is beginning a 13-year prison sentence after carrying out a string of historical sex offences against
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Suspended sentences for mental health pair who defrauded NHS
A top mental health GP and a senior clinical commissioning manager who defrauded £153,600 of NHS cash set aside to treat winter patients have avoided being immediately jailed. Dr Ian
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‘Unworkable’ balance between prison population and staff numbers
The prison population needs to be reduced if more jail riots are to be avoided, the chairman of the Parole Board has warned. Nick Hardwick, an ex-chief inspector of prisons,
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Signs of improvement but continued failings identified in Birmingham’s children’s services
One of the country’s biggest councils is still failing to do enough to protect vulnerable children but there are signs of improvement, a report has said. A newly-published Ofsted inspection
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Birmingham nursery worker appears in court charged with child sex offences
A nursery worker has appeared in court charged with rape and causing or inciting a boy to engage in sexual activity. Jamie Chapman, who faces a total of 15 charges,
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