Report suggests innovative investment could solve elderly care crisis
Social investment could play a leading role in alleviating the crisis faced in social care for older people, but urgent action is needed to make this happen, says a new
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Ex-council manager says Police prioritised car crime over sexual abuse
A woman who ran a unit to tackle sexual exploitation for more than a decade has accused senior police officers of failing to act on the problem and telling her
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Better dementia care is key to solving multimorbidity
Today’s health and social care services are missing important opportunities to provide better care and to decrease the cost of emergency admissions to hospitals, according to one of Britain’s leading
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EHRC in court bid to halt disabled fund axe
A Government decision to close a fund that helps the disabled to work and live in the community is under attack in the High Court. The Equality and Human Rights
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CPS new action plan to fight hate crime
Prosecutors have drawn up a fresh action plan for tackling disability hate crimes after figures revealed a drop in the number of convictions for the offence. The Crown Prosecution Service
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New photo piles pressure on head of government abuse inquiry
Fiona Woolf is facing mounting pressure to step down as chair of the Government’s historic child abuse inquiry after it emerged that her list of meetings with former home secretary
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Charities brand sickness assessments ‘utter disgrace’
Thousands of sick and disabled people are being subjected to “upsetting and unnecessary” benefits assessments, charities have warned. People living with progressive and degenerative conditions such as Parkinson’s, motor neurone
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Head of abuse inquiry position ‘beyond the pale’
The head of the independent inquiry into historic child sex abuse is coming under growing pressure to stand down, as a lawyer representing victims said her social relationship with former
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Patients group slams dementia diagnosis bonus for GPs
The Patients Association has condemned plans to pay GPs a £55 bonus to diagnose dementia as “a step too far”. NHS England confirmed family doctors would receive the cash under
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Vaz ‘astounded’ at £40k executive pay-off at Rotherham
Rotherham council, at the centre of a child sexual exploitation scandal, has been condemned for giving a £40,000 pay-off to an official who quit following a damning report into the
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