Welsh providers hear call for improved status for social care profession
Social care should be given a much higher national status – as an industry of strategic importance on a par with roads and railways. That was the message from John
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Aberdeenshire nursery told it must make urgent improvements
A nursery in Aberdeenshire has been told it must make urgent improvements or face the cancellation of its registration to operate. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal improvement notice
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No tangible progress in care for people with learning disabilities
The author of a report on the care of people with learning disabilities has reported an “alarming absence of any tangible progress” since it was published six months ago. Sir
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Hospices warn of reduction in care over unsustainable funding levels
Children’s hospices are suffering after seeing their statutory funding frozen or slashed this year, while adult hospices are also complaining of a lack of fair and sustainable funding. Hospice UK
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Webwatch: Children’s Homes Quality Standards site
Action for Children in partnership with the Who Cares? Trust has launched a new website to provide children’s homes in England with access to support and information to help them
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New standards for Welsh social care workers come into force
As of yesterday every social care worker in Wales has a duty to work to the standards set out in the Care Council for Wales’ Code of Professional Practice for
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Medical professionals must apologise for errors under new guidance
Medical professionals must apologise to patients and explain their mistakes, under new guidance. Efforts should be made by doctors, nurses and midwives to speak to patients or their families as
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New standard to improve the care of people with personality disorders
NICE’s new quality standard on personality disorders includes seven statements to improve the treatment and care of people with the conditions. Borderline and antisocial personality disorders are two distinctive conditions
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PM announces new taskforce to ‘drive fundamental reforms’ in child protection
Prime Minister David Cameron has announced a new Child Protection Taskforce to ‘drive forward fundamental reforms to protect the most vulnerable children in our society and give them the opportunity
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Social workers accused of ‘disproportionate and arbitrary’ actions
North East Lincolnshire Council has been heavily criticised by the Local Government Ombudsman (LGO) after social workers arbitrarily removed a young baby from her mother’s care and handed the child
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