A major blunder which saw more than 700,000 confidential patient letters mislaid was “totally unacceptable” and should never have been allowed to happen, Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said. However,
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The Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales (CSSIW) have published the results of their adult and children’s home Self Assessment of Service Statement (SASS) 2016. In October 2016, providers of
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The Scottish Social Services Council (SSSC) has published the Children’s Services Workforce 2015 report which provides a more detailed breakdown of the workforce in children’s services than was previously available. The
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Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt has said that there is “no evidence” that patients have been put at risk after the NHS mislaid more than 700,000 pieces of confidential medical correspondence.
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The NHS has mislaid more than half a million pieces of patients’ confidential medical correspondence, including treatment plans and cancer test results. The documents, sent between GPs and hospitals over
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This experimental statistical first release provides national and local level information on the children and family social work workforce in English local authorities for the year ending 30 September 2016.
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A new national database of missing people is to be rolled out as part of a drive to tackle child sexual exploitation. The facility will allow police to access data
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NHS Digital has published three reports which include the latest statistics on the safeguarding and care of vulnerable adults in England. Safeguarding Adults Annual Report, England 2015-16 contains information about
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Current ways of providing social work services are unsustainable in the long term, according to a report that found the annual bill has hit £3.1 billion in Scotland. The Accounts
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Data from health apps and wearable activity trackers such as Fitbits will feed directly into people’s personal health records, the Health Secretary has announced. Jeremy Hunt said that a new
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