A social worker from Wrexham has been removed from the Social Care Wales register after a fitness to practise hearing found he had put the young people in his care
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Social services bosses at a London council who were criticised over the way they handled a case involving the care of a child have failed in a bid to keep
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A qualified nurse has had a one-year-old boy taken from her care after a social worker raised concern about the way she let him sit in a Bob The Builder
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Cases of syphilis in England are at their highest level for nearly 70 years, new figures show. A total of 7,137 new diagnoses of syphilis were made in 2017, a
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More than 160,000 people are “trapped” in debt because they cannot afford to pay for their social care, according to a new study. Freedom of Information requests submitted by the
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A little boy who slipped into a coma after being given a “potentially life-threatening” dose of a drug used in the treatment of epilepsy must live with a foster carer,
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A service providing support for women at risk of having their children taken into care is being made available across Wales, Social Care Minister Huw Irranca-Davies has said. The Reflect
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A war of words has broken out between a local authority and the Scottish Government over a ‘missing’ £1 million intended for social care. Angus Council, who have denied any
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Too many older people are living in misery as they are left waiting for months to receive care in their own home, a charity has warned. Older people and their
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Thousands of “pinball kids” are being shunted around the care system, facing multiple changes to their home, school or social workers, a report warns. Just one in four children in
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