This year, for the first time, every council in England has statistics on record about the number of autistic adults using its social care services. Councils have to report each year on
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The Care Inspectorate has today published its annual report on early learning and childcare provision in Scotland. The figures show how, where and to whom early learning and childcare is
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More than 1,000 women have been seen by the NHS in a three-month period after having their genitals mutilated, new figures show. The NHS is recording data on female genital
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This Department of Health consultation seeks views on the responsibilities of the statutory National Data Guardian for health and social care. The responses will form a major part of the
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Sensitive personal information has been lost or stolen in thousands of data breaches by councils, new research reveals. In one case a social worker left papers containing confidential records about
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A new conference will examine the data sharing and data safety challenges faced by NHS Boards and Councils in Scotland as they prepare for the integration of health and social
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A new survey has found 84% of staff working in children’s services say that achieving efficient data sharing between multi-agency teams is one of the greatest technological challenges for social
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Dozens of safeguarding records from Northern Ireland have been destroyed, the Home Office said. A total of 64 files on people seeking work with the vulnerable or children were scrapped
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An annual report that examines the current sources of data on alcohol has been published by the Health and Social Care Information Centre. Statistics on Alcohol, England, 2015 acts as
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Statistics on the health, care and wellbeing of young people in England – from birth to young adulthood – are published today in a report from the Health and Social
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