Manchester’s child protection services have been downgraded to ‘inadequate’ by government inspectors. A report from Ofsted found Manchester City Council took ‘insufficient action’ to address local problems, which saw 486
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A South East Wales nursery has been forced to close while an investigation is carried out by social services into “serious issues of non-compliance”. The Stay and Play Nursery Ltd
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Services for children and young people in East Renfrewshire are performing well, providing excellent support to families, a new report has revealed. It follows a joint inspection led by the
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An Edinburgh care home has been ordered to make significant improvements after inspectors raised serious concerns about the quality of care provided to residents. The Care Inspectorate has graded the
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An Aberdeen care home has been told it must make improvements after the quality of care it provided to residents was graded ‘weak’ for the second inspection in a row
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The Care Quality Commission (CQC) has taken urgent legal action to stop a care home owner from being able to run a Nottinghamshire residential home, to protect the health and
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The first two reports have been published following a pioneering new approach to inspecting health and social care services for older people in Scotland. Joint inspection teams from Scotland’s social
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The Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland, Claire Keatinge, has announced that she will be making recommendations to the Minister of Health, Social Services and Public Safety about changes
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Ofsted have found Buckinghamshire County Council’s children’s services to be ‘inadequate’ in a new inspection report published on Friday. The inspectors found performance unsatisfactory in leadership, management and the way
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Parents and carers across Lanarkshire who have experience of childcare are being encouraged to help Scotland’s social care regulator, the Care Inspectorate, improve services for children. The Care Inspectorate inspects
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