A care home manager has been charged with neglect after an 87-year-old resident died in hospital. Warwickshire Police said Catalina Ferchiu had been charged by officers investigating unexplained injuries to
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Child abusers will be imprisoned for life under a new draft law brought in by Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat. The move was sparked by the case of a baby called
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Elderly patients with depression should be given better access to therapy and community activities instead of antidepressants, researchers have said. Up to 9.3% of adults over the age of 75
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Three out of five social care providers have had to close down parts of their work or hand back contracts to local authorities because of financial pressures, according to a
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The Government has launched a recruitment campaign to try to plug a hole of 110,000 vacancies in the social care workforce. More than 1.45 million people work in social care
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Work and Pensions Secretary Amber Rudd is facing calls to halt the roll-out of Universal Credit, after admitting that its introduction had increased reliance on food banks. Answering questions in
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A former day nursery manager has admitted viewing the sexual abuse of children online. The woman, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, pleaded guilty to using a chatroom to
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A man has been detained on suspicion of arson after a fire ripped through a mental health facility. The 43-year-old was held as firefighters tackled the “severe” blaze which broke
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Amber Rudd was accused of “compounding and extending the injustice” towards Windrush citizens by a Labour MP after her constituent was denied benefits. Helen Hayes (Dulwich and West Norwood) said
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Up to 86,000 women in their thirties with a family history of breast cancer should receive annual mammograms, researchers say. A new study funded by the charity Breast Cancer Now
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