Foster carer jailed for sexual abuse of young girls
A foster carer who sexually abused two young girls has been jailed for eight months. Herbert Keith Moss, 71, had previously denied two counts of sexual assault on a girl
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Patients with learning disabilities become ‘invisible’ in hospitals, says study
Hospital patients with learning disabilities face longer waits and mismanaged treatment due to a failure to understand them by nursing staff, says a new report. In one case, a patient
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Social worker struck off for failing looked-after children
Social worker Louise Emily Coghlan has been struck off the HCPC Register for failing to conduct statutory visits, act on a report of abuse and attempting to conceal her failings
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Hillcroft nursing home staff sentenced for resident abuse
Weak and inadequate management led to the ‘gratuitous sport’ of mistreatment of elderly dementia sufferers at a nursing home, a judge has said. Residents at Hillcroft nursing home in Slyne-with-Hest,
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Devon social services in £7million overspend
Devon County Council leader John Hart has been told to “get to grips” with spiralling costs after a £6.9 million overspend was revealed just weeks ahead of plans to axe
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Plymouth’s St. Luke’s hospice day care centre to close
Plymouth’s St. Luke’s day care centre, which provides support for more than 70 patients, is set to close. The decision has been made by the charity to enable it to
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Care data leaflets being sent out to all English households
NHS England has confirmed millions of English homes will be sent information on its plans to use patient information this week. Over the next month, some 26.5m addresses in England
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PHE publishes Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Framework
The Child and Maternal (ChiMat) Health Intelligence Network has published a first version of the Children and Young People’s Health Outcomes Framework. This new resource brings together and builds on
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Thousands more foster families needed in 2014
At least 8,600 new foster families are needed across the UK during 2014 to provide stable, secure and loving homes for the record numbers of fostered children, according to figures
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Rotherham ‘well-placed’ to tackle child exploitation, report finds
Rotherham MBC is ‘ahead of the game’ on tackling local cases of child sexual exploitation, according to an independent review. Analysis of services led by independent chair of Rotherham’s local
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