Child protection cases may “surge” as Covid-19 lockdown restrictions are eased, the most senior family judge in England and Wales has warned. The president of the Family Division, Sir Andrew
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The “unfair and woefully out of date” social care sector must be radically reformed but not by making it free for all as part of the NHS, a think tank
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Waltham Forest Council has backed the recommendations made in a Serious Case Review, published today (Tuesday 26 May 2020), looking into the murder of 14-year-old Jaden Moodie. Jaden Moodie (pictured)
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A chance to protect a 14-year-old boy from drugs gangs was missed when he was found in a crack den three months before he died, a report has found. Jaden
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A council worker who stole more than £260,000 meant for care homes has been jailed for four years. Grandmother Karen Kavanagh, 60, took the money over a period of almost
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A London council which hit the headlines after two children died has come under fire from a High Court judge over the way social workers handled a case involving a
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A care home manager has described the difficulties in sourcing personal protective equipment (PPE) as a new London-wide procurement scheme is launched to provide kit for frontline workers at risk
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A social care worker has died after contracting coronavirus, her local authority has said. Sharon Scanlon, 58, was a member of Powys County Council’s adult social care team in Mid
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A total of 14 residents at two local authority-run care homes in Portsmouth have died after showing symptoms of Covid-19. Portsmouth City Council confirmed that nine residents of nursing care
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Public Health England has said it is working to support a nursing home where 24 residents have died during the coronavirus outbreak, including eight who tested positive for Covid-19. Staffordshire
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