A review of 124 cases of neglect across England found a “mixed picture” in the quality of responses from local authorities and other agencies, Ofsted said. Children were being left
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The UK’s biggest care home provider has been ordered to pay £170,000 in fines and costs after a vulnerable resident choked to death on fish and chips during an entertainment
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Children’s services at the council which was heavily criticised for failings over the death of four-year-old Daniel Pelka have been criticised for not improving quickly enough after being branded inadequate
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A Walsall man has been given no option but to live in an extra care housing scheme – and pay care charges for a service he neither used nor wanted,
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A care worker who raped three vulnerable women at the home he worked in has been jailed for 14 years. Colin Stokes, 48, attacked the women – aged 32, 50
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A mental health nurse defrauded a healthcare recruitment company out of more than £7,000 by making false claims about the number of hours he had worked. Ian McPhee carried out
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Former Tory chairman Lord Tebbit has criticised the coalition’s flagship childcare policy, saying mothers or fathers should be encouraged to stay at home to raise their children. He said helping
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Thousands of women have been treated in British hospitals after undergoing female genital mutilation (FGM), figures suggest. Since 2009, nearly 4,000 women and girls have been treated in London hospitals
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Disabled people have the same human right to “physical liberty” as the rest of the human race, one of the UK’s most senior judges said today. Lady Hale, deputy president
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A war for talent among the premium providers of elderly care is driving salaries to new heights, according to healthcare experts LaingBuisson. Findings in a consultancy report published by the
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