Social workers halt four-year attempt to teach young mother parenting skills
Social workers have halted a four-year attempt to teach a woman who gave birth when she was a teenager how to be a good parent. They had arranged for mother
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Tag: Learning Disabilities
Carers convicted of murder after making vulnerable woman’s life a ‘living hell’
A man and a woman who made the life of the young woman they should have been caring for “a living hell” have been convicted of her murder. Margaret Fleming,
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Couple got away with murder of vulnerable woman for 16 years, court told
A couple accused of killing a “vulnerable” woman “literally got away with murder for 16 years”, a court has been told. A prosecutor made the statement as he invited jurors
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Inspections must change to ensure patient abuse is detected – CQC chief
The Care Quality Commission (CQC) must change the way it inspects services to ensure it detects cases of patient abuse, its chief executive has said. Some individuals appear to be
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Children with speech and language problems face ‘enormous variation’ in care
Vulnerable children with speech and language problems face a postcode lottery of care, the Children’s Commissioner for England has warned. Anne Longfield said a lack of joined-up services and overall
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Inspectors call for urgent improvement at home for vulnerable adults in Falkirk
A care home in Falkirk must make urgent improvements in the care experienced by residents, inspectors have said. The Care Inspectorate has served a formal Improvement Notice on Southfields care
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Judge questions council over care of autistic woman featured in BBC documentary
A judge has questioned the way council social services bosses handled the care of an autistic woman in her early 20s who featured in a BBC Panorama documentary which raised
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CQC launch review after ‘opportunities missed’ to stop alleged Whorlton Hall abuse
An independent review is being launched to find out how the alleged abuse of vulnerable patients in a private hospital could have happened after “opportunities to intervene were missed”. The
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Campaigners demand action to end ‘national crisis’ in special educational needs
Thousands of parents, disabled children and young people across England and Wales have demanded the Government acts to end a “national crisis” in special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) funding.
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Dozens of learning disability staff to take part in 300 mile charity challenge
A team of NHS learning disability staff are set to pound the streets and mountains of North Wales as part of a lung busting charity challenge. Dozens of staff from
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