A decision to pull the plug on NHS funding for homeopathy has been upheld by a High Court judge. The British Homeopathic Association (BHA) brought a legal challenge against NHS
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Adult social care employers contribute £38.5 billion to the English economy according to a new report published today. ‘The Economic Value of the Adult Social Care Sector – England’ report
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Social services bosses at a London council who were criticised over the way they handled a case involving the care of a child have failed in a bid to keep
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Police have named a man who is on the run suspected of stabbing an 11-month-old baby and a 32-year-old woman. Rehan Khan, 25, is accused of attempted murder after the
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A qualified nurse has had a one-year-old boy taken from her care after a social worker raised concern about the way she let him sit in a Bob The Builder
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A former visitor services warden at Buckingham Palace has been jailed for nine months after downloading more than 15,000 child abuse images. Tony Aslett, 52, from Pagham, West Sussex, was
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More than 160,000 people are “trapped” in debt because they cannot afford to pay for their social care, according to a new study. Freedom of Information requests submitted by the
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A little boy who slipped into a coma after being given a “potentially life-threatening” dose of a drug used in the treatment of epilepsy must live with a foster carer,
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The Department of Health and Social Care had today announced the appointment of Colum Conway as the first Chief Executive of Social Work England, the new specialist regulator for social
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Ministers remain “absolutely” committed to reducing net migration to the tens of thousands, Downing Street insisted. Number 10 acknowledged that it would “take time” to reach the goal but the
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